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. 1987 Jun;7(6):2267–2275. doi: 10.1128/mcb.7.6.2267

Identification of a human gene (HCK) that encodes a protein-tyrosine kinase and is expressed in hemopoietic cells.

N Quintrell, R Lebo, H Varmus, J M Bishop, M J Pettenati, M M Le Beau, M O Diaz, J D Rowley
PMCID: PMC365351  PMID: 3496523

Abstract

We have isolated cDNAs representing a previously unrecognized human gene that apparently encodes a protein-tyrosine kinase. We have designated the gene as HCK (hemopoietic cell kinase) because its expression is prominent in the lymphoid and myeloid lineages of hemopoiesis. Expression in granulocytic and monocytic leukemia cells increases after the cells have been induced to differentiate. The 57-kilodalton protein encoded by HCK resembles the product of the proto-oncogene c-src and is therefore likely to be a peripheral membrane protein. HCK is located on human chromosome 20 at bands q11-12, a region that is affected by interstitial deletions in some acute myeloid leukemias and myeloproliferative disorders. Our findings add to the diversity of protein-tyrosine kinases that may serve specialized functions in hemopoietic cells, and they raise the possibility that damage to HCK may contribute to the pathogenesis of some human leukemias.

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