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proto-oncogenes

proto-oncogenes is the plural of proto-oncogene.

Meaning of proto-oncogene

Noun

proto-oncogene (plural proto-oncogenes)

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

Questions about proto-oncogenes

What is proto-oncogenes the plural of?
Proto-oncogenes is the plural of proto-oncogene.

Words near proto-oncogenes in the dictionary

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  6. proto-oncogenes
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