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Alteration in a new gene encoding a putative membrane-organizing protein causes neuro-fibromatosis type 2.
G A Rouleau
1 ,
P Merel ,
M Lutchman ,
M Sanson ,
J Zucman ,
C Marineau ,
K Hoang-Xuan ,
S Demczuk ,
C Desmaze ,
B Plougastel
Jun 10 1993
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Abstract
Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is a monogenic dominantly inherited disease predisposing carriers to develop nervous system tumours. To identify the genetic defect, the region between two flanking polymorphic markers on chromosome 22 was cloned and several genes identified. One is the site of germ-line mutations in NF2 patients and of somatic mutations in NF2-related tumours. Its deduced product has homology with proteins at the plasma membrane and cytoskeleton interface, a previously unknown site of action of tumour suppressor genes in humans.