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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-6-21
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We have recently described a t(8;14)(q24;q11) translocation which appeared secondarily in a non-established acute T-cell leukaemia and involved the 3' region of c-myc proto-oncogene and the alpha chain of the T-cell receptor gene (TcR-alpha). In order to elucidate the mechanism of the translocation, we have isolated breakpoint regions from normal and recombinant chromosomes. Our results show that the translocation occurred at the 3' end of a V alpha segment in the proximity of recombination signal sequences (5'-heptamer-23bp spacer-nonamer-3'). Interestingly, an inverted heptamer internal to the V alpha segment was found at two nucleotides 5' of the break. Nucleotide sequence analysis also revealed the presence of homologous signal sequences on chromosome 8, suggesting that the recombination enzymatic system played an important role in the generation of the translocation. This hypothesis is supported by the addition of N nucleotides and the loss of only three nucleotides during the rejoining process. These data established the involvement of a V alpha segment and its recombination signals in the mechanisms of t(8;14) translocations in T-cell leukaemias.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
195-200
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Leukemia, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Nucleic Acid Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Recombination, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:2966921-Translocation, Genetic
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular mechanisms of a t(8;14)(q24;q11) translocation juxtaposing c-myc and TcR-alpha genes in a T-cell leukaemia: involvement of a V alpha internal heptamer.
pubmed:affiliation
Unité 301 INSERM, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't