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A few malignant lymphomas showed weak to moderate nuclear immunoreactivity in a subset of the tumor cells. Remaining malignant cells were in general negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
PAX5 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
BSAP
Description
Paired box 5 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene encodes a member of the paired box (PAX) family of transcription factors. The central feature of this gene family is a novel, highly conserved DNA-binding motif, known as the paired box. Paired box transcription factors are important regulators in early development, and alterations in the expression of their genes are thought to contribute to neoplastic transformation. This gene encodes the B-cell lineage specific activator protein that is expressed at early, but not late stages of B-cell differentiation. Its expression has also been detected in developing CNS and testis and so the encoded protein may also play a role in neural development and spermatogenesis. This gene is located at 9p13, which is involved in t(9;14)(p13;q32) translocations recurring in small lymphocytic lymphomas of the plasmacytoid subtype, and in derived large-cell lymphomas. This translocation brings the potent E-mu enhancer of the IgH gene into close proximity of the PAX5 promoter, suggesting that the deregulation of transcription of this gene contributes to the pathogenesis of these lymphomas. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2013]
Predicted intracellular proteins Transcription factors Helix-turn-helix domains Cancer-related genes Candidate cancer biomarkers COSMIC somatic mutations in cancer genes COSMIC Splicing Mutations COSMIC Somatic Mutations COSMIC Missense Mutations COSMIC Large Deletions COSMIC Frameshift Mutations COSMIC Translocations Disease related genes Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0000122 [negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter] GO:0000978 [RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific DNA binding] GO:0001077 [transcriptional activator activity, RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific binding] GO:0003677 [DNA binding] GO:0003700 [transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding] GO:0005515 [protein binding] GO:0005634 [nucleus] GO:0006355 [regulation of transcription, DNA-templated] GO:0006366 [transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter] GO:0006959 [humoral immune response] GO:0007275 [multicellular organismal development] GO:0007283 [spermatogenesis] GO:0007568 [aging] GO:0009887 [organ morphogenesis] GO:0021670 [lateral ventricle development] GO:0021987 [cerebral cortex development] GO:0030534 [adult behavior] GO:0035914 [skeletal muscle cell differentiation] GO:0045944 [positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter] GO:0048701 [embryonic cranial skeleton morphogenesis] GO:0051573 [negative regulation of histone H3-K9 methylation]