B-raf, a new member of the raf family, is activated by DNA rearrangement

Mol Cell Biol. 1988 Jun;8(6):2651-4. doi: 10.1128/mcb.8.6.2651-2654.1988.

Abstract

Complementary DNA clones of a putative transforming gene were isolated from NIH 3T3 cells transformed with human Ewing sarcoma DNA. The gene was termed B-raf because it is related to but distinct from c-raf and A-raf. It appears that substitution in the amino-terminal portion of the normal B-raf protein confers transforming activity to the gene.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Cell Line, Transformed
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA / analysis*
  • DNA / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Protein Kinases / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / analysis
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / genetics*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / analysis

Substances

  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • DNA
  • Protein Kinases
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf

Associated data

  • GENBANK/M21001