Article
The complex life of WT1.
Journal of cell science - 1 May 2003
Wagner Kay-Dietrich, Wagner Nicole, Schedl Andreas
Abstract excerpt
The Wilms' tumour gene, WT1, encodes a zinc-finger transcription factor that is inactivated in a subset of Wilms' tumours. Mutation analysis in human patients and genetic experiments in mice have revealed that WT1 has a role much wider than just tumour suppression. Alternative splicing, RNA editing, and the use of alternative translation initiation sites generate a multitude of isoforms, which seem to have...
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