title: Characterization and chromosomal mapping of the human TFG gene involved in thyroid carcinoma.
abstract: Homology searches in the Expressed Sequence Tag Database were performed using SPYGQ-rich regions as query sequences to find genes encoding protein regions similar to the N-terminal parts of the sarcoma-associated EWS and FUS proteins. Clone 22911 (T74973), encoding a SPYGQ-rich region in its 5' end, and several other clones that overlapped 22911 were selected. The combined data made it possible to assemble a full-length cDNA sequence. This cDNA sequence is 1677 bp, containing an initiation codon ATG, an open reading frame of 400 amino acids, a poly(A) signal, and a poly(A) tail. We found 100% identity between the 5' part of the consensus sequence and the 598-bp-long sequence named TFG. The TFG sequence is fused to the 3' end of NTRK1, generating the TRK-T3 fusion transcript found in papillary thyroid carcinoma. The cDNA therefore represents the full-length transcript of the TFG gene. TFG was localized to 3q11-q12 by fluorescence in situ hybridization. The 3' and the 5' ends of the TFG cDNA probe hybridized to a 2.2-kb band on Northern blot filters in all tissues examined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Genetics, University Hospital of Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mencinger
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Panagopoulos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Andreasson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lassen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mitelman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aman
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011506:Proteins; C096163:TFG protein, human; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins