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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-22
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
In the Ewing family of tumors (EFT), the EWS gene is rearranged with members of the ets oncogene family. Variability in genomic breakpoint locations is the source of significant heterogeneity in fusion product structure. As a consequence of variably included exon sequences from the two partner genes, a variable amount of additional peptide sequence is inserted in between the minimal transforming domains. Some of this molecular diversity has recently been correlated with disparate clinical outcome. Here we report on cryptic exons found in the chimeric RNA of three EFT with different EWS-FLI1 fusions. In two tumors, the emergence of a cryptic exon from FLI1 intron 5 in the chimeric RNA was apparently unrelated to the genomic rearrangement that occurred in FLI1 introns 4 and 5, respectively. In one case, a novel exon was generated through the creation of an artificial splice acceptor site in FLI1 intron 6 by the genomic rearrangement that occurred in EWS intron 8. These results further extend the spectrum of molecular diversity in EFT.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0888-7543
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
371-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Child, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Gene Rearrangement, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Oncogene Proteins, Fusion, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-RNA-Binding Protein EWS, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Sarcoma, Ewing, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:10493837-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Cryptic exons as a source of increased diversity of Ewing tumor-associated EWS-FLI1 chimeric products.
pubmed:affiliation
Children's Cancer Research Institute, St. Anna Kinderspital, Vienna, Austria. kovar@ccri.univie.ac.at
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't