doi:10.1016/0092-8674(91)90284-6
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Positional cloning and characterization of a paired box- and homeobox-containing gene from the aniridia region
Carl C. T. Tona, Harri Hirvonenb, Hiroshi Miwaa, Michael M. Weila, Paula Monaghanc, Tim Jordanc, Veronica van Heyningenc, Nicholas D. Hastiec, Hanne Meijers-Heijboere, Matthias Drechslere, Brigitte Royer-Pokorae, Francis Collinsd, f, Anand Swaroopg, h, Louise C. Strongi and Grady F. Saundersa
a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
b Department of Experimental Pediatrics University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
c Department of Medical Biochemistry University of Turku, Turku SF-20520, Finland
d MRC Human Genetics Unit Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Scotland
e Institut für Humangenetik und Anthropologie Ruprecht-Karls Universität 6900, Heidelberg 1, Federal Republic of Germany
f Department of Internal Medicine Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
g Department of Human Genetics Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
h Department of Ophthalmology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
i Department of Human Genetics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Received 10 September 1991;
Revised 6 November 1991.
Available online 14 April 2004.
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Abstract
Based on the map location of the aniridia (AN) locus in human chromosomal band 11p13, we have cloned a candidate AN cDNA (D11S812E) that is completely or partially deleted in two patients with AN. The <70 kb smallest region of overlap between the two deletions encompasses the 3′ coding region of the cDNA. This cDNA, which spans over 50 kb of genomic DNA, detects a 2.7 kb message specifically within all tissues affected in AN. The predicted polypeptide product possesses a paired domain, a homeodomain, and a serine/threonine-rich carboxy-terminal domain, structural motifs characteristic of certain transcription factors. The concordance between expression and pathology, map location, structure, and predicted function argues that the cDNA corresponds to the AN gene.
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