PMID- 10521655 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19991108 LR - 20190707 IS - 0378-1119 (Print) IS - 0378-1119 (Linking) VI - 237 IP - 2 DP - 1999 Sep 17 TI - PAX3 gene structure, alternative splicing and evolution. PG - 311-9 AB - PAX3 is a member of the paired box family of transcription factors that function during embryogenesis and cancer epigenesis. Mutations in PAX3 cause Waardenburg syndrome (types 1 and 3), Craniofacial-deafness-hand syndrome and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma in humans and the Splotch phenotype in mice. In this study, we describe the genomic structure of PAX3, including novel coding sequences and the complete 3' UTR. Alternative transcripts of PAX3 were identified in various tissues, including human adult skeletal muscle and mouse embryos. One of the novel alternative transcripts is evolutionarily conserved in quail and can transactivate a reporter construct containing the mouse c-met promoter. The sequences and alternative transcripts reported herein extend our understanding of the function and evolution of PAX3 in vertebrates and enable a comprehensive mutation screen for individuals with Waardenburg syndrome. FAU - Barber, T D AU - Barber TD AD - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, 5 Research Court, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. FAU - Barber, M C AU - Barber MC FAU - Cloutier, T E AU - Cloutier TE FAU - Friedman, T B AU - Friedman TB LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AF154002 SI - GENBANK/AF156931 GR - Z01 DC 00035/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/United States GR - Z01 DC 00038/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - Netherlands TA - Gene JT - Gene JID - 7706761 RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Oligonucleotides) RN - 0 (PAX3 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (PAX3 protein, human) RN - 0 (Paired Box Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 138016-91-8 (Pax3 protein, mouse) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - *Alternative Splicing MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Binding Sites MH - Chromosomes, Bacterial/genetics MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - Conserved Sequence MH - DNA/chemistry/genetics MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*genetics MH - Databases, Factual MH - *Evolution, Molecular MH - Expressed Sequence Tags MH - Genes/*genetics MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Oligonucleotides/metabolism MH - PAX3 Transcription Factor MH - Paired Box Transcription Factors MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Isoforms/genetics MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met/genetics MH - Quail MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA MH - Terminology as Topic MH - *Transcription Factors MH - Transcription, Genetic MH - Transcriptional Activation MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured EDAT- 1999/10/16 00:00 MHDA- 1999/10/16 00:01 CRDT- 1999/10/16 00:00 PHST- 1999/10/16 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/10/16 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/10/16 00:00 [entrez] AID - S037811199900339X [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0378-1119(99)00339-x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Gene. 1999 Sep 17;237(2):311-9. doi: 10.1016/s0378-1119(99)00339-x.