Prooncogenic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That precedes or leads to oncogenesis not-comparable

    "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 ]."

Example

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"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 ]."

Etymology

From pro- + oncogenic.

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