I think this belongs to two categories: Molecular biology and Genetics
Can you tell me what are the differences between c-onc and v-onc?
Here's something what I have understood:
v-onc stands for viral-oncogene.It is a retroviral gene that induces cancer in host cell. It is derived from the cellular proto-oncogene and acquired from the host by recombination. It cause cancer by acute transformation. E.g. v-src
c-onc is cellular proto-oncogene. e.g. c-src.
What I don't understand is that whether c-onc is cellular the proto-oncogene a v-onc has been derived from? If so can it independently or in association with v-onc cause cancer?