Viral oncogene. A viral gene that contributes to malig- nancies in vertebrate hosts. (See Oncogene.) ...
This shows that at least some of the genetic information in the retroviral oncogene src is also present in the normal genome of the host.
Disruption of a single gene may also result from integration of genomic material from a DNA virus or retrovirus, and such an event may also result in the expression of viral oncogenes in the affected cell and its descendants.
 See also: Mutation, Nucleotide, T cells, Tumor, T cell
  
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