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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-31
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The Drosophila eyes absent (eya) gene has a role in regulating cell death and/or differentiation and is expressed throughout development. We evaluated the transcripts and proteins encoded by one of the human homologues of Drosophila eya coined Eyes Absent 2 (EYA2). Interestingly, EYA2 was expressed in several neuroblastoma cell lines as four distinct transcripts having alternative 5'-ends, whereas only one EYA2 transcript was expressed in the normal human eye. Due to different translation start sites on the four unique transcripts, two isoforms of EYA2 protein (one previously identified and one novel) could be generated in neuroblastoma cells, but the sole EYA2 transcript expressed in the eye can only encode the novel isoform. Immunoblot analyses suggest that EYA2 may also be post-translationally modified. Finally, the alternative EYA2 transcripts have dissimilar numbers of upstream open reading frames in their 5'-untranslated regions. Therefore, in addition to encoding alternative isoforms of EYA2, regulation of EYA2 expression appears to involve both transcriptional and translational components.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0378-1119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
285
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
221-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12039049-5' Untranslated Regions, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Eye, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Neuroblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12039049-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
A novel Eyes Absent 2 protein is expressed in the human eye.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY 10471, USA. fee00002@mc.duke.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't