English Explanatory Dictionary

proto-oncogene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gene, promoting the specialization and division of normal cells, that could become an oncogene due to mutation.

Word forms

proto-oncogene proto-oncogenes protooncogene

Etymology

From proto- + oncogene.

Related words

oncogene oncogenesis oncogenetic oncogenetics oncogenic oncogenics oncogenome oncogenomic oncogenomics oncologic oncological oncology oncoprotein oncoproteogenome oncoproteogenomic oncoproteogenomics oncoproteome oncoproteomic oncoproteomics

Derived words

proto-oncogenic
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