title: Cloning, functional study and comparative mapping of Luzp2 to mouse chromosome 7 and human chromosome 11p13-11p14.
abstract: A novel leucine-zipper gene, leucine zipper protein 2 (Luzp2), has been cloned as part of an aberrant deletion-fusion transcript in the chromosomal interval between Gas2 and Herc2 on mouse Chromosome 7 (Chr 7). Luzp2 is normally expressed only in brain and spinal cord. The human homolog of Luzp2 maps to Chr 11p13-11p14 by radiation-hybrid mapping and is deleted in some patients with Wilms tumor-Aniridia-Genitourinary anomalies-mental Retardation (WAGR) syndrome. Disruption of Luzp2 by gene targeting in mice did not result in any obvious abnormal phenotypes.
authors.affiliation: Life Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Edward J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Michaud
authors.forename: Dabney K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018390:Gene Targeting; D006801:Humans; D016350:Leucine Zippers / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D021101:Radiation Hybrid Mapping; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D017624:WAGR Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C476396:LUZP2 protein, human; C476395:Luzp2 protein, mouse; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic