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Cancer tissues generally showed weak cytoplasmic and nuclear staining or were negative. Several cases of testicular and colorectal cancers as well as of melanoma were moderately stained.
Few cases of duct carcinomas of breast showed moderate cytoplasmic staining. A subset of tumor cells in several cases of prostate and few cases of adenocarcinomas of lung displayed moderate to strong positivity. Remaining cancer tissues were weakly stained or negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
TEKT1
Synonyms
Description
Tektin 1 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene product belongs to the tektin family of proteins. Tektins comprise a family of filament-forming proteins that are coassembled with tubulins to form ciliary and flagellar microtubules. This gene is predominantly expressed in the testis and in mouse, tektin 1 mRNA was localized to the spermatocytes and round spermatids in the seminiferous tubules, indicating that it may play a role in spermatogenesis. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]