| Identity |
| HGNC | BCL9 |
| Location | 1q21 |
| Location_base_pair | Starts at 145479806 and ends at 145564639 bp from pter ( according to hg18-Mar_2006). |
| DNA/RNA |
| Description | 10 exons spanning 85 kb. |
| Transcription | transcripts of 1.6, 4.2, and 6.3 kb. |
| Protein |
| Description | 1426 amino acids, 149 kDa. |
| Expression | wide |
| Function | Binds to beta-catenin required for Wnt signal transduction |
| Homology | drosophila segment polarity gene legless, encoding wingless-armadillo (WNT - beta-catenin) signaling molecule |
| Implicated in |
| Entity | t(1;14)(q21;q32) and t(1;22)(q21;q11) |
| Disease | acute lymphoblastic leukemia and non Hodgkin lymphoma |
| Hybrid/Mutated Gene | BCL9 is juxtaposed either with the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus IgH (14q32) or the lambda light-chain locus Igl (22q11) |
| External links |
| Bibliography |
| Molecular cloning of translocation t(1;14)(q21;q32) defines a novel gene (BCL9) at chromosome 1q21. |
| Willis TG, Zalcberg IR, Coignet LJ, Wlodarska I, Stul M, Jadayel DM, Bastard C, Treleaven JG, Catovsky D, Silva ML, Dyer MJ |
| Blood. 1998 ; 91 (6) : 1873-1881. |
| PMID 9490669 |
| Wnt/wingless signaling requires BCL9/legless-mediated recruitment of pygopus to the nuclear beta-catenin-TCF complex. |
| Kramps T, Peter O, Brunner E, Nellen D, Froesch B, Chatterjee S, Murone M, Zˆºllig S, Basler K |
| Cell. 2002 ; 109 (1) : 47-60. |
| PMID 11955446 |
| REVIEW articles | automatic search in PubMed |
| Last year publications | automatic search in PubMed |
| Contributor(s) |
| Written | 02-2003 | Jean-Loup Huret, Sylvie Senon |
| Citation |
| This paper should be referenced as such : |
| Huret JL, Senon S . BCL9 (B-cell CLL/lymphoma 9). Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. February 2003 . URL : http://AtlasGeneticsOncology.org/Genes/BCL9ID466.html |
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