Development of a Highly Efficient Expression CDNA Cloning System: Application to Oncogene Isolation

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 1991 Jun 15

PMID 2052597

Citations 39

Authors

T Miki

T P Fleming

M Crescenzi

C J Molloy

S B Blam

S H Reynolds

S A Aaronson

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Abstract

We developed an expression cDNA cloning system capable of generating high-complexity libraries with unidirectionally inserted cDNA fragments and allowing efficient plasmid rescue. As an application of this system, a cDNA library was constructed from an NIH 3T3 transformant induced by mouse hepatocellular carcinoma DNA. Transfection of NIH 3T3 cells by the library DNA led to the detection of several transformed foci from which identical plasmids with transforming ability could be rescued. Structure and sequence analysis of the cDNA clones revealed that the oncogene was created by recombinational events involving an unknown gene and the mouse homologue of the B-raf protooncogene. Detection of the same genetic rearrangement in independent primary transformants implied that generation of the oncogene occurred within the tumor rather than during DNA transfection or cDNA library construction. The high frequency at which clones were identified and the large sizes of some of the transforming cDNA inserts isolated suggest wide applicability of this mammalian expression cloning system for isolating cDNAs of biologic interest.

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