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. 1997 Dec;71(12):9778–9781. doi: 10.1128/jvi.71.12.9778-9781.1997

Overexpression of A-myb induces basic fibroblast growth factor-dependent proliferation of chicken neuroretina cells.

N Turque 1, S Plaza 1, K H Klempnauer 1, S Saule 1
PMCID: PMC230288  PMID: 9371644

Abstract

A-Myb behaves similarly to c-Myb in chicken neuroretina cells in its ability to induce fibroblast-like differentiation, to promote growth in the presence of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and to induce Pax-6 and mim-1 expression. The one difference between c-Myb and A-Myb in these cells is that the former but not the latter protein causes colony formation in soft agar in the presence of bFGF.

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