title: Induction of protooncogene c-jun by serum growth factors.
abstract: We have previously reported that one of the genes that is rapidly induced in mouse 3T3 cells by serum growth factors (jun-B) encodes a protein related to the onco-protein v-jun. By using jun-B as a probe, we have isolated a cDNA encoding a second member of the jun family (jun-A) that is the murine version of the protooncogene c-jun, which encodes the mammalian transcription factor AP-1. jun-B and jun-A (c-jun) have two highly conserved regions and two regions with little sequence similarity. Like jun-B, jun-A (c-jun) is rapidly activated by serum, platelet-derived growth factor, or fibroblast growth factor and is superinduced by serum in the presence of an inhibitor of protein synthesis. Both jun proteins are likely to play a role in regulating the genetic program induced by growth factors.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Laboratory, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ryder
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nathans
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D012333:RNA, Messenger