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The Harold Varmus Papers

Title:
Possible Model for Viral Gene Expression in Permissive Cells
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Description:
This schematic drawing pictures how the genes of a transforming (cancer-causing) virus may be read, or expressed, by the infected cell's genetic machinery. The machinery includes messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein-producing structures called ribosomes. The cell depicted here is permissive, meaning a type or species of cell in which a cancer-causing virus not only triggers synthesis of a transforming protein--a protein that stimulates expression of genes controlling cell division, leading to cancerous growth--but in which the virus can replicate and from which new, complete and infectious virus particles are released (virions).
Number of Image Pages:
1 (227,853 Bytes)
Date Supplied:
1978
Creator:
University of California, San Francisco
Source:
Original Repository: University of California, San Francisco. Archives and Special Collections. Harold E. Varmus Papers
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of the Regents of the University of California.
Subject:
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
Sarcoma Viruses, Avian
Exhibit Category:
Retroviruses and the Genetic Origins of Cancer, 1970-1993
Box Number: 7
Folder Number: 5
Unique Identifier:
MVBBJG
Document Type:
Slides (photographs)
Charts (graphic documents)
Language:
English
Format:
image/jpeg
image/tif
Physical Condition:
Good
Series: Collection Number MSS 84-25
SubSeries: Research, 1970-1984
Folder: Slides from Binder - Avian DNA, viral DNA, sarc, 1978-1979
Metadata Last Modified Date:
2006-10-18

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