<unk> s are retroviral<unk> s that have the ability to transform cells. They can induce sarcomas, leukaemias, lymphomas, and mammary carcinomas. These include the gag-onc fusion<unk> , rex, tax, v-fms, ras, v-myc, v-src, v-akt, v-cbl, v-crk, v-maf, v-abl, v-erbA, v-erbB, v-fos, v-mos, v-myb, v-raf, v-rel, and v-sis. The "v" prefix indicates viral genes which once originated as similarly named genes of the host species, but have since been altered through independent evolution as retroviral components. Not all retroviral<unk> s are<unk> . The phrase was introduced as a MeSH term in 1990, under which over 6000 primary scientific publications are indexed.
Oncogenic retroviridae protein
Tumor suppressor gene
Mutated citrullinated vimentin
Genetically modified virus
Tax gene product
Reporter virus particles
Tandemly arrayed genes
Human disease modifier gene