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The v-myc oncogene is sufficient to induce growth transformation of chick neuroretina cells

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A number of studies have shown that full transformation of non-established rodent fibroblasts can be efficiently achieved in vitro by the concerted action of two oncogenes belonging to different complementation groups (reviewed in ref. 1). Extension of the two-genes carcinogenesis model to other differentiated cell types, presumably endowed with different controls of growth, is desirable for a better understanding of questions such as the host cell selectivity of oncogene action. A recent report2 claimed that cooperation between two oncogenes, v-myc and v-mil, is required to achieve transformation of chicken embryo neuroretina cells, which are characterized by a limited growth capacity in monolayer culture3. Here we present evidence that the v-myc oncogene alone is sufficient to induce growth transformation of glial and neuronal precursor cell types from chick neuroretina. We also report that induction of transformation by v-myc is accompanied by faithful preservation of some of the differentiated functions of the chick cells.

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    Patrizia Casalbore, Elisabetta Agostini & Stefano Alemà

  2. Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e dello Sviluppo, Università La Sapienza, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185, Rome, Italy

    Germana Falcone & Franco Tatò

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Casalbore, P., Agostini, E., Alemà, S. et al. The v-myc oncogene is sufficient to induce growth transformation of chick neuroretina cells. Nature 326, 188–190 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/326188a0

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