title: Repeats in transforming acidic coiled-coil (TACC) genes.
abstract: Transforming acidic coiled-coil proteins (TACC1, 2, and 3) are essential proteins associated with the assembly of spindle microtubules and maintenance of bipolarity. Dysregulation of TACCs is associated with tumorigenesis, but studies of microsatellite instability in TACC genes have not been extensive. Microsatellite or simple sequence repeat instability is known to cause many types of cancer. The present in silico analysis of SSRs in human TACC gene sequences shows the presence of mono- to hexa-nucleotide repeats, with the highest densities found for mono- and di-nucleotide repeats. Density of repeats is higher in introns than in exons. Some of the repeats are present in regulatory regions and retained introns. Human TACC genes show conservation of many repeat classes. Microsatellites in TACC genes could be valuable markers for monitoring numerical chromosomal aberrations and or cancer.
authors: Department of Zoology, JN Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. svtrived@hotmail.com
authors: Seema
authors: S
authors: Trivedi
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D017124:Conserved Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D059372:Nucleotide Motifs / Q000235:genetics; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D009687:Nuclear Proteins