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. 1988 Aug;79(8):921-30.
doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1988.tb00056.x.

Isolation and characterization of ras-transfected BALB/3T3 clone showing morphological transformation by 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate

K Sasaki  1 , H Mizusawa, M Ishidate
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Isolation and characterization of ras-transfected BALB/3T3 clone showing morphological transformation by 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate

K Sasaki et al. Jpn J Cancer Res. 1988 Aug.

Abstract

The transformation frequency of mouse BALB/3T3 cells was significantly enhanced after transfection with an activated ras oncogene (v-Ha-ras) followed by treatment with a tumor promoter, 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA), suggesting that the ras oncogene acted as an initiator in two-stage carcinogenesis. A cell clone (Bhas42) containing the ras oncogene was isolated from the ras-transfected BALB/3T3 cells. Bhas42 cells were flat and showed contact inhibition, but the addition of TPA to quiescent Bhas42 cultures resulted in a dramatic change of cell morphology to spindle shape, doubling of the cell population, and increased DNA synthesis.

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