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DNA fragments of chemically transformed and normal avian and murine cells induce transformation of NIH 3T3 mouse cells with low efficiencies. High molecular weight DNAs of cells transformed by DNA fragments induce transformation with high efficiencies in secondary transfection assays. It thus seems that endogenous transforming genes of uninfected cells can be activated and efficiently transmitted by transfection. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that normal cells contain genes that are capable of inducing transformation if expressed at abnormal levels.
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Cooper, G., Okenquist, S. & Silverman, L. Transforming activity of DNA of chemically transformed and normal cells. Nature 284, 418–421 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/284418a0
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