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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-3-9
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The Wnt gene family consists of at least 15 structurally related genes that encode secreted extracellular signaling factors. Wnt proteins function in a range of critical developmental processes in both vertebrates and invertebrates and are implicated in regulation of cell growth and differentiation in certain adult mammalian tissues, including the mammary gland. We have isolated a number of WNT sequences from human genomic DNA, two of which, designated WNT14 and WNT15, represent novel members of the Wnt gene family. We also isolated WNT sequences from human mammary cDNA and present evidence that WNT13 is expressed in human breast tissue, in addition to those previously described. WNT14 and WNT15 appear to have originated from an ancestral branch of the Wnt gene family that also includes the Wnt9 sequences found in jawless and cartilaginous fishes. A Wnt14 cDNA was also isolated from chicken and a partial Wnt15 sequence from mouse. We show that human WNT14 maps to chromosome 1 and that WNT15 maps distal to BRCA1 on chromosome 17q21, where it lies within 125 kb of another WNT family member, WNT3.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0888-7543
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
450-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Breast, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9441749-Wnt Proteins
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Isolation of two novel WNT genes, WNT14 and WNT15, one of which (WNT15) is closely linked to WNT3 on human chromosome 17q21.
pubmed:affiliation
Strang-Cornell Cancer Research Laboratory, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't