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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-29
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS), due to a contiguous gene deletion of approximately 1.5 Mb at 7q11.23, is a complex developmental disorder with multisystemic manifestations including supravalvular aortic stenosis (SVAS) and a specific cognitive phenotype. Large repeats containing genes and pseudogenes flank the deletion breakpoints, and the mutation mechanism commonly appears to be unequal meiotic crossover. Except for elastin, hemizygosity of which is associated with supravalvular aortic stenosis, it is unknown which of the 18 genes in the deletion area contributes to the phenotype. Here, we report the identification and characterization of two novel genes, WBSCR20 and WBSCR22, which map to the common WBS deletion region. WBSCR22 encodes a putative methyltransferase protein strongly expressed in heart, skeletal muscle and kidney. WBSCR20 encodes a novel protein expressed in skeletal muscle with similarity to p120 (NOL1), a 120-kDa proliferation-associated nucleolar antigen, a member of an evolutionarily conserved protein family. A highly similar putative gene, WBSCR20B, flanks the WBS deletion at the telomeric side. Hemizygous deletion of either of the novel genes might contribute to the growth retardation, the myopathy or the premature aging effects in the pathogenesis of WBS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0301-0171
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
20-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Chromosome Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Expressed Sequence Tags, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Gene Order, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Genetic Linkage, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Methyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Muscle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Physical Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:11978965-Williams Syndrome
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of two novel genes, WBSCR20 and WBSCR22, deleted in Williams-Beuren syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Zentrum für Humangenetik der Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany. Doll@mailer.uni-marburg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article