Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Perlman EJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4686660 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20151204
Wilms tumour is an embryonal tumour of childhood that closely resembles the developing kidney. Genomic changes responsible for the development of the majority of Wilms tumours remain largely unknown. Here we identify recurrent mutations within Wilms tumours that involve the highly conserved YEATS domain of MLLT1 (ENL), a gene known to be involved in transcriptional elongation during early development. The mutant MLLT1 protein shows altered binding to acetylated histone tails. Moreover, MLLT1-mut ...[more]