Expression of v-src and chicken c-src in rat cells demonstrates qualitative differences between pp60v-src and pp60c-src |
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Authors: | R C Parker H E Varmus J M Bishop |
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Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology and Immunology and George W. Hooper Foundation University of California San Francisco, California 94143 USA |
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Abstract: | The retroviral oncogene v-src arose by transduction of the cellular gene c-src. The similarity between these genes raised the possibility that c-src might be able to elicit neoplastic growth. We explored this by constructing a chimeric plasmid that allows the expression of chicken c-src. A rat cell line containing ten times the normal intracellular level of pp60c -src was isolated after transfecting rat-2 cells with the chimeric DNA. These cells produce the protein encoded by c-src ( pp60c -src) in quantities at least three times greater than required to achieve transformation by the product of v-src ( pp60v -src). The cells remain phenotypically normal, contain actin cables, and do not grow in soft agar. However, transfection of the cell line containing elevated cells of pp60c -src or Rat-2 cells with a molecular clone of v-src produces cells that exhibit properties of biologically transformed cells: round morphology, disrupted actin cables, and ability to grow in soft agar. |
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