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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-4
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-21
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Studies in mouse, chicken and Xenopus have shown that Slug is selectively expressed in the dorsal part of the developing neural tube. Ablation and antisense experiments in chicken suggest that Slug may be an important factor during neural tube closure. We therefore investigated the role of Slug as a possible candidate contributing to the aetiology of neural tube defects (NTD) in humans. We characterised the genomic structure of human SLUG including determination of the exon-intron boundaries. The coding sequence of SLUG was screened for mutations in 150 patients with NTD using single strand conformation analysis (SSCA). In one patient, we identified a missense mutation 1548C-->A in exon 2 causing an exchange of a conserved amino acid (D119E) in the Slug subfamily-defining region preceding the first zinc finger. This is the first description of a human mutation in the SLUG gene. In accordance with the findings in model organisms, the SLUG mutation may be causally related to the development of NTD in our patient and could be considered as a predisposing factor.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0027-5107
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
406
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
63-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Family Health, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Neural Tube Defects, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10479723-Zinc Fingers
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Human transcription factor SLUG: mutation analysis in patients with neural tube defects and identification of a missense mutation (D119E) in the Slug subfamily-defining region.
pubmed:affiliation
Medizinisches Zentrum für Humangenetik der Philipps-Universität Marburg, Bahnhofstrasse 7, D-35037, Marburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't