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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: Cell. 1991 Jul 12;66(1):173–183. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(91)90149-s

Table 3.

NGF Confers Transforming Activity on the trk Proto-Oncogene Product

Transforming Activity (Foci per 1.5 × 105 Cells)a
trk Gene Plasmid Amount of DNA −NGF +NGF
trk Proto-oncogene pDM69 1 μg 0 TMTCb
100 ng 0 TMTC
10 ng 0 292
1 ng 0 23
trk oncogenec pDM16 100 ng TMTC TMTC
1 ng 120 113
a

Foci were scored 12 days after addition of the DNA.

b

TMTC, too many to count.

c

trk oncogene isolated from a human colon carcinoma biopsy (Martin-Zanca et al., 1986).