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A point mutation is responsible for the acquisition of transforming properties by the T24 human bladder carcinoma oncogene

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The genetic change that leads to the activation of the oncogene in T24 human bladder carcinoma cells is shown to be a single point mutation of guanosine into thymidine. This substitution results in the incorporation of valine instead of glycine as the twelfth amino acid residue of the T24 oncogene-encoded p21 protein. Thus, a single amino acid substitution appears to be sufficient to confer transforming properties on the gene product of the T24 human bladder carcinoma oncogene.

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Reddy, E., Reynolds, R., Santos, E. et al. A point mutation is responsible for the acquisition of transforming properties by the T24 human bladder carcinoma oncogene. Nature 300, 149–152 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/300149a0

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