0 3 The the DT 4 13 rhombotin rhombotin NN 14 20 family family NN 21 23 of of IN 24 37 cysteine-rich cysteine-rich JJ 38 48 LIM-domain LIM-domain NNP 49 58 oncogenes oncogene NNS 58 59 : : : 60 68 distinct distinct JJ 69 76 members member NNS 77 80 are be VBP 81 89 involved involve VBN 90 92 in in IN 93 99 T-cell t-cell NN 100 114 translocations translocation NNS 115 117 to to TO 118 123 human human JJ 124 135 chromosomes chromosome NNS 136 141 11p15 11p15 NN 142 145 and and CC 146 151 11p13 11p13 NN 151 152 . . . 154 155 A a DT 156 167 chromosomal chromosomal JJ 168 181 translocation translocation NN 182 184 in in IN 185 186 a a DT 187 193 T-cell t-cell NN 194 202 leukemia leukemia NN 203 212 involving involve VBG 213 216 the the DT 217 222 short short JJ 223 226 arm arm NN 227 229 of of IN 230 235 human human JJ 236 246 chromosome chromosome NN 247 249 11 11 CD 250 252 at at IN 253 257 band band NN 258 263 11p15 11p15 CD 264 272 disrupts disrupt VBZ 273 276 the the DT 277 286 rhombotin rhombotin NN 287 291 gene gene NN 291 292 . . . 293 297 This this DT 298 302 gene gene NN 303 310 encodes encode VBZ 311 312 a a DT 313 320 protein protein NN 321 325 with with IN 326 336 duplicated duplicated JJ 337 350 cysteine-rich cysteine-rich JJ 351 358 regions region NNS 359 365 called call VBN 366 369 LIM LIM NNP 370 377 domains domain NNS 377 378 , , , 379 384 which which WDT 385 389 show show VBP 390 398 homology homology NN 399 401 to to TO 402 414 zinc-binding zinc-binding JJ 415 423 proteins protein NNS 424 427 and and CC 428 430 to to TO 431 442 iron-sulfur iron-sulfur NN 443 450 centers center NNS 451 453 of of IN 454 465 ferredoxins ferredoxin NNS 465 466 . . . 467 470 Two two CD 471 481 homologues homologue NNS 482 484 of of IN 485 488 the the DT 489 498 rhombotin rhombotin NN 499 503 gene gene NN 504 508 have have VBP 509 512 now now RB 513 517 been be VBN 518 526 isolated isolate VBN 526 527 . . . 528 531 One one CD 532 534 of of IN 535 540 these these DT 540 541 , , , 542 552 designated designate VBN 553 559 Rhom-2 rhom-2 NN 559 560 , , , 561 563 is be VBZ 564 571 located located JJ 572 574 on on IN 575 580 human human JJ 581 591 chromosome chromosome NN 592 594 11 11 CD 595 597 at at IN 598 602 band band NN 603 608 11p13 11p13 NN 608 609 , , , 610 615 where where WRB 616 617 a a DT 618 625 cluster cluster NN 626 628 of of IN 629 635 T-cell t-cell NN 636 653 leukemia-specific leukemia-specific JJ 654 668 translocations translocation NNS 669 674 occur occur VBP 674 675 ; ; : 676 679 all all DT 680 693 translocation translocation NN 694 705 breakpoints breakpoint NNS 706 708 at at IN 709 714 11p13 11p13 NN 715 718 are be VBP 719 727 upstream upstream JJ 728 730 of of IN 731 734 the the DT 735 741 Rhom-2 rhom-2 NN 742 746 gene gene NN 746 747 . . . 748 753 Human human JJ 754 757 and and CC 758 763 mouse mouse NN 764 770 Rhom-2 rhom-2 NN 771 774 are be VBP 775 781 highly highly RB 782 791 conserved conserve VBN 792 795 and and CC 795 796 , , , 797 801 like like IN 802 811 rhombotin rhombotin NN 811 812 , , , 813 819 encode encode VBP 820 823 two two CD 824 830 tandem tandem JJ 831 844 cysteine-rich cysteine-rich JJ 845 848 LIM LIM NNP 849 856 domains domain NNS 856 857 . . . 858 864 Rhom-2 Rhom-2 NNP 865 869 mRNA mRNA NNP 870 872 is be VBZ 873 882 expressed express VBN 883 885 in in IN 886 891 early early JJ 892 897 mouse mouse NN 898 909 development development NN 910 912 in in IN 913 920 central central JJ 921 928 nervous nervous JJ 929 935 system system NN 935 936 , , , 937 941 lung lung NN 941 942 , , , 943 949 kidney kidney NN 949 950 , , , 951 956 liver liver NN 956 957 , , , 958 961 and and CC 962 968 spleen spleen NN 969 972 but but CC 973 977 only only RB 978 982 very very RB 983 986 low low JJ 987 993 levels level NNS 994 999 occur occur VBP 1000 1002 in in IN 1003 1009 thymus thymus NN 1009 1010 . . . 1011 1014 The the DT 1015 1020 other other JJ 1021 1025 gene gene NN 1025 1026 , , , 1027 1037 designated designate VBN 1038 1044 Rhom-3 Rhom-3 NNP 1044 1045 , , , 1046 1048 is be VBZ 1049 1052 not not RB 1053 1055 on on IN 1056 1066 chromosome chromosome NN 1067 1069 11 11 CD 1070 1073 but but CC 1074 1078 also also RB 1079 1086 retains retain VBZ 1087 1095 homology homology NN 1096 1098 to to TO 1099 1102 the the DT 1103 1106 LIM LIM NNP 1107 1113 domain domain NN 1114 1116 of of IN 1117 1126 rhombotin rhombotin NN 1126 1127 . . . 1128 1133 Since since IN 1134 1137 the the DT 1138 1144 Rhom-2 rhom-2 NN 1145 1149 gene gene NN 1150 1152 is be VBZ 1153 1157 such such JJ 1158 1159 a a DT 1160 1166 common common JJ 1167 1171 site site NN 1172 1174 of of IN 1175 1186 chromosomal chromosomal JJ 1187 1193 damage damage NN 1194 1196 in in IN 1197 1203 T-cell t-cell NN 1204 1210 tumors tumor NNS 1210 1211 , , , 1212 1215 the the DT 1216 1227 consistency consistency NN 1228 1230 of of IN 1231 1245 translocations translocation NNS 1246 1250 near near IN 1251 1254 the the DT 1255 1264 rhombotin rhombotin NN 1265 1269 gene gene NN 1270 1273 was be VBD 1274 1281 further further RB 1282 1290 examined examine VBN 1290 1291 . . . 1292 1293 A a DT 1294 1300 second second JJ 1301 1314 translocation translocation NN 1315 1323 adjacent adjacent JJ 1324 1326 to to TO 1327 1336 rhombotin rhombotin NN 1337 1340 was be VBD 1341 1346 found find VBN 1347 1350 and and CC 1351 1353 at at IN 1354 1357 the the DT 1358 1362 same same JJ 1363 1371 position position NN 1372 1374 as as IN 1375 1377 in in IN 1378 1381 the the DT 1382 1390 previous previous JJ 1391 1398 example example NN 1398 1399 . . . 1400 1409 Therefore therefore RB 1409 1410 , , , 1411 1421 chromosome chromosome NN 1422 1427 bands band NNS 1428 1433 11p15 11p15 NN 1434 1435 ( ( ( 1435 1444 rhombotin rhombotin NN 1444 1445 ) ) ) 1446 1449 and and CC 1450 1455 11p13 11p13 NN 1456 1457 ( ( ( 1457 1463 Rhom-2 rhom-2 NN 1463 1464 ) ) ) 1465 1468 are be VBP 1469 1479 consistent consistent JJ 1480 1485 sites site NNS 1486 1488 of of IN 1489 1499 chromosome chromosome NN 1500 1513 translocation translocation NN 1514 1516 in in IN 1517 1523 T-cell t-cell NN 1524 1532 leukemia leukemia NN 1532 1533 , , , 1534 1538 with with IN 1539 1542 the the DT 1543 1548 11p15 11p15 CD 1549 1555 target target NN 1556 1560 more more RBR 1561 1567 rarely rarely RB 1568 1576 involved involve VBN 1576 1577 . . . 1578 1581 The the DT 1582 1589 results result NNS 1590 1596 define define VBP 1597 1600 the the DT 1601 1610 rhombotin rhombotin NN 1611 1615 gene gene NN 1616 1622 family family NN 1623 1625 as as IN 1626 1627 a a DT 1628 1633 class class NN 1634 1636 of of IN 1637 1643 T-cell t-cell NN 1644 1653 oncogenes oncogene NNS 1654 1658 with with IN 1659 1669 duplicated duplicate VBN 1670 1683 cysteine-rich cysteine-rich JJ 1684 1687 LIM LIM NNP 1688 1695 domains domain NNS 1695 1696 . . .