AF6 gene on chromosome band 6q27 maps distal to the minimal region of deletion in epithelial ovarian cancer

Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 1995 Nov;14(3):220-2. doi: 10.1002/gcc.2870140311.

Abstract

Chromosome 6 has been shown to contain at band q27 a minimal region of deletion associated with epithelial ovarian cancers and AF6, a gene disrupted in acute myeloid leukemia with t(6;11)(q27;q23). Using rapid amplification of cDNA ends by polymerase chain reaction, the breakpoint in AF6 was confirmed and a cDNA clone identified. This clone was used as a probe to screen a chromosome 6 cosmid library, and a single cosmid C-109F0645 was isolated. By fluorescence in situ hybridization, C-109F0465 was found to map distal to the critically deleted region associated with ovarian malignancies. AF6 is therefore distinct from and lies telomeric to this region.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Chromosome Mapping
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / genetics
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / ultrastructure
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6 / genetics*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6 / ultrastructure
  • Cosmids / genetics
  • Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / genetics*
  • DNA, Complementary / genetics
  • DNA, Neoplasm / genetics
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • Female
  • Genes, Tumor Suppressor*
  • Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Kinesins / genetics*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid / genetics
  • Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein
  • Myosins / genetics*
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / genetics
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Proto-Oncogenes*
  • Sequence Deletion*
  • Transcription Factors*
  • Translocation, Genetic

Substances

  • AFDN protein, human
  • DNA, Complementary
  • DNA, Neoplasm
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • KMT2A protein, human
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion
  • Transcription Factors
  • Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein
  • Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
  • Myosins
  • Kinesins