title: Sequences in human cytomegalovirus which hybridize with the avian retrovirus oncogene v-myc are G + C rich and do not hybridize with the human c-myc gene.
abstract: The degree of relatedness between previously identified cross-hybridizing regions within human cytomegalovirus strain AD169 and the avian retrovirus oncogene v-myc were investigated by nucleotide sequence comparison. We found that the homologous regions between the human cytomegalovirus genome and v-myc are limited to short G + C-rich regions in each genome and that the human cytomegalovirus genome shares little or no homology with the human c-myc gene.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Staprans
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Spector
mesh_terms: D001358:Avian Sarcoma Viruses / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000235:genetics*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006801:Humans; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D009857:Oncogenes; D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides; C016681:poly(dG).poly(dC)