proto-oncogene
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Noun
proto-oncogene (plural proto-oncogenes)
- (genetics) A gene, promoting the specialization and division of normal cells, that could become an oncogene due to mutation.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 534:
- Typically, proto-oncogenes are normal cellular genes that, when activated by mutation or overexpression, promote cancer.
Translations
gene promoting the specialization and division of normal cells that could become an oncogene due to mutation
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