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prooncogenic

prooncogenic adjective: that precedes or leads to oncogenesis.

Adjective

prooncogenic (not comparable)

  1. That precedes or leads to oncogenesis
    • Further, the protein SRSF1 is up-regulated in cancer and its transcription is activated by the prooncogenic transcription factor Myc. However there is a significant difference in SRSF1 gene copy number that may account for its up-regulation [82 ].2015 August 27, “Network Topologies Decoding Cervical Cancer”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of prooncogenic

From pro- + oncogenic.

Questions about prooncogenic

What does prooncogenic mean?
Prooncogenic means that precedes or leads to oncogenesis.
What part of speech is prooncogenic?
Prooncogenic is an adjective.

Words near prooncogenic in the dictionary

  1. proompted
  2. proompter
  3. proompters
  4. proompting
  5. proompts
  6. prooncogenic
  7. proopiomelanocortic
  8. proopiomelanocortin
  9. proopiomelanocortins
  10. Proosian
  11. Proosians

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