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. 1988 Feb;62(2):534–544. doi: 10.1128/jvi.62.2.534-544.1988

The avian erythroblastosis virus erbA oncogene encodes a DNA-binding protein exhibiting distinct nuclear and cytoplasmic subcellular localizations.

P Boucher 1, A Koning 1, M L Privalsky 1
PMCID: PMC250565  PMID: 2826814

Abstract

The protein product of the v-erbA oncogene of avian erythroblastosis virus was analyzed by use of site-specific antisera. The v-erbA protein was found to exist in distinct nuclear and cytoplasmic forms. Both nuclear and cytoplasmic species of the v-erbA protein were capable of binding to DNA, a property predicted based on the structural relatedness the v-erbA polypeptide shares with the thyroid and steroid hormone receptors. A mutation within the v-erbA coding region which inhibited DNA binding and nuclear localization also inhibited the ability of the v-erbA protein to potentiate erythroid transformation, consistent with a model of the v-erbA protein as a transcriptional regulator.

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