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protooncogene

protooncogene is the alternative form 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

Forms of protooncogene

pluralprotooncogenes

Questions about protooncogene

What is protooncogene the alternative form of?
Protooncogene is the alternative form of proto-oncogene.

Words near protooncogene in the dictionary

  1. protonymphal
  2. protonymphon
  3. protonymphons
  4. protonymphs
  5. protonyms
  6. protooncogene
  7. protooncogenes
  8. protooncogenic
  9. protooncoprotein
  10. protooncoproteins
  11. protoorganism

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