Transcription-mediated gene fusion in the human genome

Table 3.

Fusion events tested by RT–PCR


Gene 1a

Gene 2b

Number of sequences supporting fusionc

Upstream gene (WT) detectedd

Fusion RNA detectede
NME1 NME2 30 + +
NME2 WDR50 1 +
RBM14 RBM4 20 +
BCL2L2 PABPN1 1 + + (Testis)
TMPRSS3 TFF1 1 +
CTBS GNG5 15 + +
MAG CD22 1 +
PIR FIGF 1 + (Brain)
SERPINA5 SERPINA3 1 +
RPL17 LOC497661 1 + +
NM_003947 NM_007064 2 + +
HOXC10 HOXC5 1 +
SPN QPRT 1 + + (Farage)
NM_033542 NM_018478 9 + +
GIMAP1 GIMAP5 1
HIF1A SNAPC1 1 +
C1QA C1QG 1
MIA RAB4B 1 + +
S100A3 S100A4 1
MUC1 KRTCAP2 1 +
PIP5K1A PSMD4 0 + + Retrogene




+ TIC (HepG2)
  • a Gene symbol of the upstream gene. RefSeq name appears where gene symbol is N/A

  • b Gene symbol of the downstream gene

  • c The number of fusion-supporting ESTs found by our computational search

  • d RT–PCR validation of the existence of the wild-type upstream sequence (having the original termination point). In four of the 20 tested cases, the WT was not detected in the tissues we tested

  • e RT–PCR validation of the fusion transcript between genes 1 and 2. In case the expression of the fusion was confined to a specific tissue, the tissue name is mentioned in parentheses. No tissue name is mentioned in cases where the expression of the fused transcript was detected in RNAs from multiple tissues

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