We have recently identified and experimentally characterized a DNCL1 tumour variant (corresponding to a Gly to Cys substitution at amino acid position 79) [7], and we report here an UTR-SNP located in the 5'-UTR of the DNCL1 transcript (introducing a t→c change at position 45, see Additional file 1). This evidence concerns the gene DYNLL1 and neoplasm.