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Mol Cell Biol. 1984 August; 4(8): 1627-1630

Cellular oncogenes (c-erb-A and c-erb-B) located on different chicken chromosomes can be transduced into the same retroviral genome.

ABSTRACT

Avian erythroblastosis virus has transduced two cellular genes, c-erb-A and c-erb-B. Using fractionated chicken chromosomes, we found that the two genes are located on different chromosomes in the chicken genome: c-erb-A is on a microchromosome, and c-erb-B is on a large chromosome. The locations of two other cellular oncogenes (c-fps and c-myb) were also determined: c-fps is on a microchromosome, and c-myb is on chromosome of an intermediate size. Our results suggest that avian erythroblastosis virus had transduced the two cellular genes independently, conforming to previous indications that cellular oncogenes are dispersed among multiple chromosomes in every species that has been examined.