Publikationsdatum:
1989-04-07
Beschreibung:
The myb-ets-containing acute leukemia virus, E26, transforms myeloblasts and erythroblasts in culture and causes a mixed erythroid and myeloid leukemia in chicks. Genes (ets-1, ets-2, and erg) with variable relatedness to the v-ets oncogene of the E26 virus have been identified, cloned, and characterized in several species. Two new members (elk-1 and elk-2) of the ets oncogene superfamily have now been identified. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the elk-1 cDNA clone revealed that this gene encodes a 428-residue protein whose predicted amino acid sequence showed 82% similarity to the 3' region of v-ets. The elk or related sequences appear to be transcriptionally active in testis and lung. The elk cDNA probe detects two loci in the human genome, elk-1 and elk-2, which map to chromosome regions Xp11.2 and 14q32.3, respectively. These loci are near the translocation breakpoint seen in the t(X;18) (p11.2;q11.2), which is characteristic of synovial sarcoma, and the chromosome 14q32 breakpoints seen in ataxia telangiectasia and other T cell malignancies. This suggests the possibility that rearrangements of elk loci may be involved in pathogenesis of certain tumors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rao, V N -- Huebner, K -- Isobe, M -- ar-Rushdi, A -- Croce, C M -- Reddy, E S -- CA-21124/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA-25875/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA-39860/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Apr 7;244(4900):66-70.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, PA 19104.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2539641" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Schlagwort(e):
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Avian Leukosis Virus/*genetics
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Base Sequence
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Chick Embryo
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Chickens
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Chromosome Mapping
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Cloning, Molecular
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DNA Probes
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*DNA-Binding Proteins
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Humans
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Mice
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Molecular Sequence Data
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*Oncogenes
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*Proto-Oncogene Proteins
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Rats
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Retroviridae Proteins/*genetics/isolation & purification
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*Transcription Factors
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*Translocation, Genetic
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*X Chromosome
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ets-Domain Protein Elk-1
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Digitale ISSN:
1095-9203
Thema:
Biologie
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Chemie und Pharmazie
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Informatik
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Medizin
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Allgemeine Naturwissenschaft
,
Physik
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