Article
An imprinted gene p57KIP2 is mutated in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.
Nature genetics - 1 Oct 1996
Hatada I, Ohashi H, Fukushima Y, Kaneko Y, Inoue M, Komoto Y, Okada A, Ohishi S, Nabetani A, Morisaki H, Nakayama M, Niikawa N, Mukai T
Abstract excerpt
p57KIP2 is a potent tight-binding inhibitor of several G1 cyclin/Cdk complexes, and is a negative regulator of cell proliferation. The gene encoding p57KIP2 is located at 11p15.5 (ref. 2), a region implicated in both sporadic cancers and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, a cancer-predisposing syndrome...
Topics
- Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
- Child
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p57
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Genomic Imprinting
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Japan
