proto-oncogene
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See also: protooncogene
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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.
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gene promoting the specialization and division of normal cells that could become an oncogene due to mutation
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