Deleted in bladder cancer protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DBC1gene.[5][6][7][8][9]
This gene is located within chromosome 9 (9q32-33), a chromosomal region that frequently shows loss of heterozygosity in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. It contains a 5' CpG island that may be a frequent target of hypermethylation, and it may undergo hypermethylation-based silencing in some bladder cancers.[7]
The functions of this gene are unknown, and it has not yet been placed in a protein family or functional pathway. Nonetheless, it is suspected to act as a tumor suppressor gene.
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^Habuchi T, Yoshida O, Knowles MA (Jul 1997). "A novel candidate tumour suppressor locus at 9q32-33 in bladder cancer: localization of the candidate region within a single 840 kb YAC". Hum Mol Genet. 6 (6): 913–9. doi:10.1093/hmg/6.6.913. PMID9175739.
^Nishiyama H, Hornigold N, Davies AM, Knowles MA (Nov 1999). "A sequence-ready 840-kb PAC contig spanning the candidate tumor suppressor locus DBC1 on human chromosome 9q32-q33". Genomics. 59 (3): 335–8. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5891. PMID10444335.
^Habuchi T, Yoshida O, Knowles MA (June 1997). "A novel candidate tumour suppressor locus at 9q32-33 in bladder cancer: localization of the candidate region within a single 840 kb YAC". Hum. Mol. Genet. 6 (6): 913–9. doi:10.1093/hmg/6.6.913. PMID9175739.
^Nishiyama H, Hornigold N, Davies AM, Knowles MA (August 1999). "A sequence-ready 840-kb PAC contig spanning the candidate tumor suppressor locus DBC1 on human chromosome 9q32-q33". Genomics. 59 (3): 335–8. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5891. PMID10444335.