Publication Date:
1981-05-22
Description:
The molecularly cloned, long terminal repeat (LTR) of the Moloney sarcoma virus (M-MSV) provirus has been covalently linked to c-mos, the cellular homolog of the M-MSV-specific sequence, v-mos. These newly constructed clones lack any M-MSV-derived sequences other than the LTR, but in DNA transfection assays they transform cells as efficiently as cloned subgenomic M-MSV fragments containing both v-mos and LTR. Cells transformed by LTR:c-mos hybrid molecules contain additional copies of mos DNA, and several size classes of polyadenylated RNA's with sequence homology to mos. The activation of the transforming potential of c-mos by the proviral LTR suggests a model whereby LTR-like elements could activate other normal cell sequences with oncogenic potential.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Blair, D G -- Oskarsson, M -- Wood, T G -- McClements, W L -- Fischinger, P J -- Vande Woude, G G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1981 May 22;212(4497):941-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7233190" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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*Cell Transformation, Viral
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Cells, Cultured
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DNA, Recombinant
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Defective Viruses/genetics
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Gene Expression Regulation
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*Genes, Viral
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Mice
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Moloney murine leukemia virus/*genetics
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Nucleic Acid Hybridization
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Operon
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Plasmids
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
