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The c-myc oncogene driven by immunoglobulin enhancers induces lymphoid malignancy in transgenic mice

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Transgenic mice bearing the cellular myc oncogene coupled to the immunoglobulin μ or κ enhancer frequently develop a fatal lymphoma within a few months of birth. Since the tumours represent both immature and mature B lymphocytes, constitutive c-myc expression appears to be highly leukaemogenic at several stages of B-cell maturation. These myc mice should aid study of lymphoma development, B-cell ontogeny and immunoglobulin regulation.

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  1. Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, PO Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, 3050, Australia

    J. M. Adams, A. W. Harris, L. M. Corcoran, W. S. Alexander & S. Cory

  2. School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, USA

    C. A. Pinkert & R. L. Brinster

  3. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA

    R. D. Palmiter

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Adams, J., Harris, A., Pinkert, C. et al. The c-myc oncogene driven by immunoglobulin enhancers induces lymphoid malignancy in transgenic mice. Nature 318, 533–538 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/318533a0

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