Multiple Choice
Rous sarcoma virus was identified when a scientist discovered that a virus passing between chickens was causing their tumors.The genome of this retrovirus includes the src gene, which encodes a tyrosine kinase that functions in signaling pathways leading to proliferation.The src gene is a
A) cyclin.
B) proto-oncogene.
C) reverse transcriptase.
D) tumor-suppressor gene.
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