2002
Expression of PKD1 and PKD2 Transcripts and Proteins in Human Embryo and during Normal Kidney Development
Chauvet V, Qian F, Boute N, Cai Y, Phakdeekitacharoen B, Onuchic LF, Attié-Bitach T, Guicharnaud L, Devuyst O, Germino GG, Gubler MC. Expression of PKD1 and PKD2 Transcripts and Proteins in Human Embryo and during Normal Kidney Development. American Journal Of Pathology 2002, 160: 973-983. PMID: 11891195, PMCID: PMC1867156, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)64919-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolycystin-1Kidney developmentPolycystin-2Expression patternsPKD1 expressionHuman genetic disordersLarge transmembrane proteinCell-matrix interactionsNormal kidney developmentMutations of PKD1Expression of PKD1Northern blot analysisGenes decreasesTransmembrane proteinHuman embryogenesisEndodermal derivativesSpatiotemporal expressionUreteric budPKD1 transcriptPKD2Transmembrane glycoproteinTranscriptsPKD1Nephron developmentProtein
1997
PKD1 interacts with PKD2 through a probable coiled-coil domain
Qian F, Germino F, Cai Y, Zhang X, Somlo S, Germino G. PKD1 interacts with PKD2 through a probable coiled-coil domain. Nature Genetics 1997, 16: 179-183. PMID: 9171830, DOI: 10.1038/ng0697-179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoiled-coil domainC-terminusPKD1 gene productAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseSite-specific mutagenesisLarge cystic kidneysGene productsHomotypic interactionsTubular morphogenesisStructural basisHeterotypic interactionsPKD2TerminusRecent discoveryPathogenic mutationsDominant polycystic kidney diseasePKD1Cystic kidneysPolycystic kidney diseaseCommon pathwayAffected individualsMorphogenesisPolycystinsMutagenesisGenes
1996
PKD2, a Gene for Polycystic Kidney Disease That Encodes an Integral Membrane Protein
Mochizuki T, Wu G, Hayashi T, Xenophontos S, Veldhuisen B, Saris J, Reynolds D, Cai Y, Gabow P, Pierides A, Kimberling W, Breuning M, Deltas C, Peters D, Somlo S. PKD2, a Gene for Polycystic Kidney Disease That Encodes an Integral Membrane Protein. Science 1996, 272: 1339-1342. PMID: 8650545, DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5266.1339.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceCaenorhabditis elegansCalcium ChannelsChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, Pair 4Cloning, MolecularConsensus SequenceCrystallography, X-RayFemaleGlycosylationHumansMaleMembrane ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMutationPedigreePhenotypePolycystic Kidney, Autosomal DominantPolymorphism, Single-Stranded ConformationalProteinsSodium ChannelsTRPP Cation ChannelsConceptsCaenorhabditis elegans homologIntegral membrane proteinsAmino acid similarityPKD2 gene productCalcium-binding domainPKD2 proteinTransmembrane spansPolycystic kidney diseasePositional cloningPotential calcium-binding domainsSecond geneMembrane proteinsGene productsAcid sequenceIntracellular aminoNonsense mutationGenesAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePKD1Dominant polycystic kidney diseasePKD2 familiesProteinVoltage-activated calcium channelsHomologCalcium channels