1998
Somatic Inactivation of Pkd2 Results in Polycystic Kidney Disease
Wu G, D'Agati V, Cai Y, Markowitz G, Park J, Reynolds D, Maeda Y, Le T, Hou H, Kucherlapati R, Edelmann W, Somlo S. Somatic Inactivation of Pkd2 Results in Polycystic Kidney Disease. Cell 1998, 93: 177-188. PMID: 9568711, DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81570-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular recessive mechanismIntragenic homologous recombinationExon 1True null alleleMutant exon 1Somatic inactivationPkd2 resultsRenal cyst formationPKD2 proteinPolycystic kidney diseaseHomologous recombinationNull allelesHuman phenotypesPKD2 expressionUnstable alleleSomatic lossPKD2Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseDominant polycystic kidney diseaseMutationsGermline mutationsRecessive mechanismAllelesInactivationCyst formation
1997
Characterization of the Exon Structure of the Polycystic Kidney Disease 2 Gene (PKD2)
Hayashi T, Mochizuki T, Reynolds D, Wu G, Cai Y, Somlo S. Characterization of the Exon Structure of the Polycystic Kidney Disease 2 Gene (PKD2). Genomics 1997, 44: 131-136. PMID: 9286709, DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.4851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAG/GT rulePolycystic kidney disease 2 (PKD2) geneExon-intron structureIntegral membrane proteinsAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseTranslation start siteExon structurePositional cloningMembrane proteinsStart siteGenomic DNASplice acceptorPKD2 geneGenesExon 1Oligonucleotide primersHeteroduplex analysisPKD2Dominant polycystic kidney diseasePolycystic kidney diseaseMutation analysisCalcium channelsCloningSecond formExons