ISI Web of Knowledge Take the next step  
Web of Science®
 
Previous Record (inactive) Record 1  of  1 Next Record (inactive)
Record from Web of Science®
Identification of a candidate tumour suppressor gene, MMAC1, at chromosome 10q23.3 that is mutated in multiple advanced cancers
Author(s): Steck PA, Pershouse MA, Jasser SA, Yung WKA, Lin H, Ligon AH, Langford LA, Baumgard ML, Hattier T, Davis T, Frye C, Hu R, Swedlund B, Teng DHF, Tavtigian SV
Source: NATURE GENETICS    Volume: 15    Issue: 4    Pages: 356-362    Published: APR 1997  
Times Cited: 1,488     References: 30     
Abstract: Deletions involving regions of chromosome 10 occur in the vast majority (>90%) of human glioblastoma multiformes. A region at chromosome 10q23-24 was implicated to contain a tumour suppressor gene and the identification of homozygous deletions in four glioma cell lines further refined the location. We have identified a gene, designated MMAC1, that spans these deletions and encodes a widely expressed 5.5-kb mRNA. The predicted MMAC1 protein contains sequence motifs with significant homology to the catalytic domain of protein phosphatases and to the cytoskeletal proteins, tensin and auxilin. MMAC1 coding-region mutations were observed in a number of glioma, prostate, kidney and breast carcinoma cell lines or tumour specimens. Our results identify a strong candidate tumour suppressor gene at chromosome 10q23.3, whose loss of function appears to be associated with the oncogenesis of multiple human cancers.
Document Type: Article
Language: English
Reprint Address: Steck, PA (reprint author), UNIV TEXAS, MD ANDERSON CANCER CTR, DEPT NEUROONCOL, 1515 HOLCOMBE BLVD, HOUSTON, TX 77030 USA
Addresses:
1. UNIV TEXAS, MD ANDERSON CANCER CTR, DEPT PATHOL, HOUSTON, TX 77030 USA
2. UNIV TEXAS, MD ANDERSON CANCER CTR, BRAIN TUMOUR CTR, HOUSTON, TX 77030 USA
3. MYRIAD GENET INC, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84108 USA
Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING CO, 345 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1707
Subject Category: Genetics & Heredity
IDS Number: WQ389
ISSN: 1061-4036
Previous Record (inactive) Record 1  of  1 Next Record (inactive)
Record from Web of Science®
  
Thomson Reuters Logo