A HUMAN ONCOGENE FORMED BY THE FUSION OF TRUNCATED TROPOMYOSIN AND PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE SEQUENCES

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MARTINZANCA, D [1 ]
HUGHES, SH [1 ]
BARBACID, M [1 ]
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[1] FREDERICK CANC RES FACIL, BASIC RES PROGRAM, GENE EXPRESS SECT, FREDERICK, MD 21701 USA
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10.1038/319743a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A biologically active complementary DNA clone of a transforming gene present in a human colon carcinoma contains gene sequences of both tropomyosin and a previously unknown protein tyrosine kinase. The predicted protein (641 amino acids) encoded by this oncogene seems to have been formed by a somatic rearrangement that replaced the extracellular domain of a putative transmembrane receptor by the first 221 amino acids of a non-muscle tropomyosin molecule.
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