Identification ofPKD2L,a HumanPKD2-Related Gene: Tissue-Specific Expression and Mapping to Chromosome 10q25
Wu G, Hayashi T, Park J, Dixit M, Reynolds D, Li L, Maeda Y, Cai Y, Coca-Prados M, Somlo S. Identification ofPKD2L,a HumanPKD2-Related Gene: Tissue-Specific Expression and Mapping to Chromosome 10q25. Genomics 1998, 54: 564-568. PMID: 9878261, DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmino Acid SequenceBlotting, NorthernCalcium ChannelsChromosomes, Human, Pair 10Cloning, MolecularExpressed Sequence TagsGene Expression RegulationGenetic MarkersHumansLiverLiver DiseasesMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataOrgan SpecificityPhosphoproteinsPolycystic Kidney, Autosomal DominantPolymorphism, GeneticReceptors, Cell SurfaceRetinaSequence Homology, Amino AcidTissue DistributionTRPP Cation ChannelsSomatic 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