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Cancer cells displayed moderate to strong cytoplasmic positivity and additional membranous staining in a few cases. Hepatocellular carcinomas were weakly stained or negative.
Several cases of carcinoids, gliomas and testicular cancers along with a few cases of melanomas, squamous cell carcinomas, breast and prostate cancers showed moderate to strong cytoplasmic positivity. Remaining cancer tissues were negative.
Cancer tissues displayed weak to moderate cytoplasmic staining with additional membranous and nuclear positivity in several tissues. Rare case of glioma and ovarian cancer was strongly stained. Majority of the cases of renal cancers were negative.
Cancer tissues showed weak to moderate cytoplasmic staining. Strong positivity was observed in a few cases of pancreatic cancers, melanomas, endometrial cancers and lymphomas.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
TUBA1A (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
B-ALPHA-1, FLJ25113, TUBA3
Description
Tubulin, alpha 1a (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
Microtubules of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton perform essential and diverse functions and are composed of a heterodimer of alpha and beta tubulins. The genes encoding these microtubule constituents belong to the tubulin superfamily, which is composed of six distinct families. Genes from the alpha, beta and gamma tubulin families are found in all eukaryotes. The alpha and beta tubulins represent the major components of microtubules, while gamma tubulin plays a critical role in the nucleation of microtubule assembly. There are multiple alpha and beta tubulin genes, which are highly conserved among species. This gene encodes alpha tubulin and is highly similar to the mouse and rat Tuba1 genes. Northern blotting studies have shown that the gene expression is predominantly found in morphologically differentiated neurologic cells. This gene is one of three alpha-tubulin genes in a cluster on chromosome 12q. Mutations in this gene cause lissencephaly type 3 (LIS3) - a neurological condition characterized by microcephaly, mental retardation, and early-onset epilepsy and caused by defective neuronal migration. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2012]
SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Cancer-related genes Mutational cancer driver genes Disease related genes FDA approved drug targets Small molecule drugs
SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Cancer-related genes Mutational cancer driver genes Disease related genes FDA approved drug targets Small molecule drugs
SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Cancer-related genes Mutational cancer driver genes Disease related genes FDA approved drug targets Small molecule drugs