The role of the human homologue of Drosophila patched in sporadic basal cell carcinomas
Gailani M, Ståhle-Bäckdahl M, Leffell D, Glyn M, Zaphiropoulos P, Undén A, Dean M, Brash D, Bale A, Toftgård R. The role of the human homologue of Drosophila patched in sporadic basal cell carcinomas. Nature Genetics 1996, 14: 78-81. PMID: 8782823, DOI: 10.1038/ng0996-78.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSporadic basal cell carcinomasSingle-strand conformational polymorphismTumor suppressorDrosophila segment polarity geneSegment polarity genesHedgehog target genesPolarity genesDrosophila mutantsStrong homologyHuman homologueTarget genesMutational inactivationMutant transcriptsStrand conformational polymorphismNorthern blotSSCP variantsGenesNegative feedback mechanismSitu hybridizationConformational polymorphismNevoid basal cell carcinoma syndromeSuppressorAllelic lossInactivationMutationsMutations of the Human Homolog of Drosophila patched in the Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome
Hahn H, Wicking C, Zaphiropoulos P, Gailani M, Shanley S, Chidambaram A, Vorechovsky I, Holmberg E, Unden A, Gillies S, Negus K, Smyth I, Pressman C, Leffell D, Gerrard B, Goldstein A, Dean M, Toftgard R, Chenevix-Trench G, Wainwright B, Bale A. Mutations of the Human Homolog of Drosophila patched in the Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome. Cell 1996, 85: 841-851. PMID: 8681379, DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81268-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAnimalsBasal Cell Nevus SyndromeBase SequenceChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, Pair 9Cloning, MolecularDNA, ComplementaryDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsExonsFemaleGene DeletionGene ExpressionGenes, Tumor SuppressorHumansIn Vitro TechniquesInsect HormonesIntronsMembrane ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMutationPedigreeReceptors, Cell SurfaceSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidConceptsDrosophila segment polarity geneSegment polarity genesCertain cell typesDevelopmental abnormalitiesPolarity genesHuman homologStrong homologySporadic basal cell carcinomasHuman sequenceCosmid contigTumor suppressorLoss of heterozygosityCell typesGenesPatched geneChromosome 9q22.3Complete lossFunction contributesNevoid basal cell carcinoma syndromeMutation analysisBasal cell carcinoma syndromeAutosomal dominant disorderNBCCS patientsDrosophilaDominant disorderA Mammalian patched Homolog Is Expressed in Target Tissues of sonic hedgehog and Maps to a Region Associated with Developmental Abnormalities (∗)
Hahn H, Christiansen J, Wicking C, Zaphiropoulos P, Chidambaram A, Gerrard B, Vorechovsky I, Bale A, Toftgard R, Dean M, Wainwright B. A Mammalian patched Homolog Is Expressed in Target Tissues of sonic hedgehog and Maps to a Region Associated with Developmental Abnormalities (∗). Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1996, 271: 12125-12128. PMID: 8647801, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.21.12125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLimb budSonic hedgehogSegment polarity genesIntegral membrane proteinsVentral neural tubePolarity genesHydropathy analysisPatched proteinCorrect patterningPutative proteinImaginal discsMembrane proteinsDrosophila hedgehogHuman PatchedCDNA sequencePosterior ectodermMurine homologPatched expressionMouse embryosClose functional relationshipNeural tubeLarval segmentsRegion AssociatedAmino acidsHedgehog