Author/Editor		Latif, Farida; Tory, Kalman; Gnarra, James; Yao, Masahiro; Duh, Fuh-Mei; Orcutt, Mary Lou; Stackhouse, Thomas; Kuzmin, Igor; Modi, William; Geil, Laura; Glavač, Damjan
Title		Identification of the von Hippel-Lindau disease tumor suppressor gene
Type		članek
Source		Science
Vol. and No.		Letnik 260, št. 5112
Publication year		1993
Volume		str. 1317-20
Language		eng
Abstract		A gene discovered by positional cloning has been identified as the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease tumor suppressor gene. A restriction fragment encompassing the gene showed rearrangements in 28 of 221 VHL kindreds. Eighteen of these rearrangements were due to deletions in the candidate gene, including three large nonoverlapping deletions. Intragenic mutations were detected in cell lines derived from VHL patients and from sporadic renal cell carcinomas. The VHL gene is evolutionarily conserved and encodes two widely expressed transcripts of approximately 6 and 6.5 kilobases. The partial sequence of the inferred gene product shows no homology to other proteins, except for an acidic repeat domain found in the procyclic surface membrane glycoprotein of Trypanosoma brucei.
Descriptors		GENES, SUPPRESSOR, TUMOR HIPPEL-LINDAU DISEASE MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS AMINO ACID SEQUENCE BASE SEQUENCE CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3 CLONING, MOLECULAR GENE DELETION KIDNEY NEOPLASMS MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA MUTATION OPEN READING FRAMES PEDIGREE POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS) TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED