The structure and nucleotide sequence of the 5' end of the human c-myc oncogene.

AUTOR(ES)

Watt, R

RESUMO

We have established the structure and nucleotide sequence of the 5' end of the human c-myc oncogene, using a cloned genomic fragment isolated from a fetal liver library (clone lambda MC41) and cloned cDNA from the human leukemic cell line K562. The human c-myc oncogene consists of three exons and two introns. Primer extension of the human c-myc mRNA of three different cell lines and S1 nuclease protection experiments served to establish the position of two transcription initiation sites. The splicing site of the first exon-intron boundary was determined by comparative analysis of the sequences of the genomic and cDNA clones. The first exon contains termination codons in all three reading frames and no translation initiation signals, confirming our previous observation that the c-myc mRNA has a long 5' noncoding sequence. This first exon also was found to be utilized in the formation of c-myc mRNAs in a variety of human cell lines.

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