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Wilms tumor gene, WAGR gene or wt1

Gene spans approximately 50 kilobases & contains 10 exons. 24 variants by alternative splicing, RNA editing & alternative. start sites. 3 distinct transcripts identified associated with 1 CpG island. WAGR gene (Wilm's tumor/aniridia/genito-urinary anomaly/mental retardation.

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Wilms' tumor protein; WT1 protein (WT1, WT3)

General

tumor suppressor gene or anti-oncogene

Properties

TEMPLATE-FOR: messenger RNA TEMPLATE-FOR: Wilms' tumor protein LOCUS: human chromosome-11 P13 MOTIF: transcription factor binding site transcriptional start site exon intron transcriptional termination site

Database Correlations

OMIM correlations

References

  1. Huang et al Science 250:991 1990
  2. Bonetta et al Science 250:994 1990