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    Nat Genet. 1993 Nov;5(3):230-5.

    Fusion of a fork head domain gene to PAX3 in the solid tumour alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.

    Galili N, Davis RJ, Fredericks WJ, Mukhopadhyay S, Rauscher FJ 3rd, Emanuel BS, Rovera G, Barr FG.

    Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.

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    • Nat Genet 1994 Feb;6(2):214.

    We have examined the structure and expression of the products associated with the t(2;13)(q35;q14) translocation associated with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. The chromosome 13 gene (FKHR) is identified as a member of the fork head domain family of transcription factors characterized by a conserved DNA binding motif. Polymerase chain reaction analysis demonstrates that a 5'PAX3-3' FKHR chimaeric transcript is expressed in all eight alveolar rhabdomyosarcomas investigated. Immunoprecipitation experiments detect the predicted fusion protein. These findings indicate that the t(2;13) generates a potentially tumorigenic fusion transcription factor consisting of intact PAX3 DNA binding domains, a truncated fork head DNA binding domain and C-terminal FKHR regions.

    PMID: 8275086 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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