ISSN:
1420-9071
Keywords:
Anaplastic carcinoma
;
thyroid
;
H-RAS oncogene
;
transfection
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary We have transfected high-molecular-weight DNA from human thyroid carcinomas into murine 3T3 cells. As a result we identified several foci of morphologically distinct transformed cells in each of the tumour DNA transfected cultures. After a total of three rounds of transfection, the transformed cells were shown to form tumours in nude mice. Southern blot analysis of DNA prepared from third-round transfectants demonstrated the presence of human Alu repetitive sequences and, after hybridization with probes for known oncogenes, indicated the presence of the humanH-RAS oncogene in 3T3 cells transfected with three out of four anaplastic carcinoma DNA samples. It appears therefore that activation ofRAS genes may be an important event in the development of the anaplastic thyroid tumours.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01957483
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