src References src gene Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: cancer/ Retroviruses and the discovery of oncogenes…inactivation of a gene, called src, that was active in transforming viruses. In this way, src was identified as the first cancer gene, called an oncogene (from Greek onkos, “mass” or “tumor”). Read More…inactivation of a gene, called src, that was active in transforming viruses. In this way, src was identified as the first cancer gene, called an oncogene (from Greek onkos, “mass” or “tumor”). Read More