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PVT1

Pvt1 oncogene (non-protein coding), also known as PVT1, is a long non-coding RNA gene.[1] In mice, this gene was identified as a breakpoint site in chromosome 6;15 translocations. These translocations are associated with murine plasmacytomas.[2] The equivalent translocation in humans is t(2;8), which is associated with a rare variant of Burkitt’s lymphoma.[3] In rats, this breakpoint was shown to be a common site of proviral integration in retrovirally induced T lymphomas.[4] Transcription of PVT1 is regulated by Myc.[5]


References

References

  1. “Entrez Gene: PVT1 Pvt1 oncogene homolog, MYC activator (mouse)”.
  2. Cory S, Graham M, Webb E, Corcoran L, Adams JM (1985). “Variant (6;15) translocations in murine plasmacytomas involve a chromosome 15 locus at least 72 kb from the c-myc oncogene”. EMBO J. 4 (3): 675–81. PMC 554241. PMID 3924592.
  3. Graham M, Adams JM (1986). “Chromosome 8 breakpoint far 3′ of the c-myc oncogene in a Burkitt’s lymphoma 2;8 variant translocation is equivalent to the murine pvt-1 locus”. EMBO J. 5 (11): 2845–51. PMC 1167233. PMID 3024964.
  4. Villeneuve L, Rassart E, Jolicoeur P, Graham M, Adams JM (1986). “Proviral integration site Mis-1 in rat thymomas corresponds to the pvt-1 translocation breakpoint in murine plasmacytomas”. Mol Cell Biol. 6 (5): 1834–7. PMC 367714. PMID 3785181.
  5. Carramusa L, Contino F, Ferro A, Minafra L, Perconti G, Giallongo A, et al. (2007). “The PVT-1 oncogene is a Myc protein target that is overexpressed in transformed cells”. J Cell Physiol. 213 (2): 511–8. doi:10.1002/jcp.21133. PMID 17503467.
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