Identification and comparative expression analysis of a second wt1 gene in zebrafish

F Bollig, R Mehringer, B Perner… - … dynamics: an official …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The Wilms' tumor suppressor gene wt1 encodes a zinc‐finger transcription factor that plays
an important role in the development of the mammalian genitourinary system. Mutations in …

Multiple roles for the Wilms' tumor suppressor, WT1

R Davies, A Moore, A Schedl, E Bratt, K Miyahawa… - Cancer research, 1999 - AACR
Wilms' tumor is a childhood kidney tumor that is a striking example of the way that cancer
may arise through development gone awry. A proportion of these tumors develop as a result …

[HTML][HTML] The Wilms tumor genes wt1a and wt1b control different steps during formation of the zebrafish pronephros

B Perner, C Englert, F Bollig - Developmental biology, 2007 - Elsevier
The Wilms tumor protein WT1 is an essential factor for kidney development. In humans,
mutations in WT1 lead to Wilms tumor, a pediatric kidney cancer as well as to developmental …

A role for the Wilms' tumor protein WT1 in organ development

H Scholz, KM Kirschner - Physiology, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
Wilms' tumor (nephroblastoma) represents a unique example of an aberrant kidney
formation that can result from mutations in a tumor suppressor gene, Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) …

The complex life of WT1

KD Wagner, N Wagner, A Schedl - Journal of cell science, 2003 - journals.biologists.com
The Wilms' tumour gene, WT1, encodes a zinc-finger transcription factor that is inactivated in
a subset of Wilms' tumours. Mutation analysis in human patients and genetic experiments in …

Isolation, characterization, and expression of the murine Wilms' tumor gene (WT1) during kidney development

AJ Buckler, J Pelletier, DA Haber, T Glaser… - … and cellular biology, 1991 - Taylor & Francis
The human Wilms' tumor predisposition gene, WT1, is a Cys-His zinc finger polypeptide
which appears to be a transcription factor controlling gene expression during embryonic …

Expression of the Wilms' tumor suppressor gene WT1 during mouse embryogenesis

RR Rackley, AM Flenniken, NP Kuriyan… - Cell Growth and …, 1993 - AACR
WT1 is a Wilms' tumor suppressor gene that maps to human chromosome 11p13 and
encodes a putative transcription factor implicated in controlling normal urogenital …

Wnt-4 regulation by the Wilms' tumour suppressor gene, WT1

EUH Sim, A Smith, E Szilagi, F Rae, P Ioannou… - Oncogene, 2002 - nature.com
The Wilms' tumour suppressor gene, WT1, encodes multiple nuclear protein isoforms, all
containing four C-terminal zinc finger motifs. WT1 proteins can both activate and repress …

Multiple roles for the Wilms' tumour suppressor gene, WT1 in genitourinary development

A Schedl, N Hastie - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 1998 - Elsevier
Wilms' tumour is a childhood kidney cancer, and a classic example of cancer arising through
disrupted development (Armstrong et al., 1992). It is one of the most common solid …

Mice lacking the 68-amino-acid, mammal-specific N-terminal extension of WT1 develop normally and are fertile

CG Miles, J Slight, L Spraggon… - … and cellular biology, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Mutations in the Wilms' tumor 1 gene, WT1, cause pediatric nephroblastoma and the severe
genitourinary disorders of Frasier and Denys-Drash syndromes. High levels of WT1 …