title: Coding sequences of the tal-1 gene are disrupted by chromosome translocation in human T cell leukemia.
abstract: The tal-1 proto-oncogene encodes a helix-loop-helix DNA-binding protein that has been implicated in the formation of T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). Patients with T-ALL harbor structural rearrangements of tal-1 that result from either local DNA deletion or t(1;14)(p34;q11) chromosome translocation. By analyzing t(1;14)(p34;q11) chromosomes from a series of patients, we have now identified a discrete region of tal-1 wherein most of the translocation breakpoints occur. Moreover, mapping of tal-1 genomic DNA revealed that coding exons are situated on both sides of the t(1;14)(p34;q11) major breakpoint region. Hence, the translocated allele of tal-1 is truncated in a manner that reduces its amino acid coding potential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Tsan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Ragab
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Peiper
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons; D006801:Humans; D015458:Leukemia, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes / Q000235:genetics*; D000073942:T-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014178:Translocation, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D000073942:T-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; C067143:TAL1 protein, human