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. 1993 May 28;260(5112):1317-20.
doi: 10.1126/science.8493574.

Identification of the von Hippel-Lindau disease tumor suppressor gene

F Latif  1 , K Tory, J Gnarra, M Yao, F M Duh, M L Orcutt, T Stackhouse, I Kuzmin, W Modi, L Geil, et al.
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Identification of the von Hippel-Lindau disease tumor suppressor gene

F Latif et al. Science. .

Abstract

A gene discovered by positional cloning has been identified as the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease tumor suppressor gene. A restriction fragment encompassing the gene showed rearrangements in 28 of 221 VHL kindreds. Eighteen of these rearrangements were due to deletions in the candidate gene, including three large nonoverlapping deletions. Intragenic mutations were detected in cell lines derived from VHL patients and from sporadic renal cell carcinomas. The VHL gene is evolutionarily conserved and encodes two widely expressed transcripts of approximately 6 and 6.5 kilobases. The partial sequence of the inferred gene product shows no homology to other proteins, except for an acidic repeat domain found in the procyclic surface membrane glycoprotein of Trypanosoma brucei.

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