Typically, proto-oncogenes are normal cellular genes that, when activated by mutation or overexpression, promote cancer.
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Proto-oncogene
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Finnish
2 entries- esisyöpägeeni noun (gene promoting the specialization and division of normal cells that could become an oncogene due to mutation)
- proto-onkogeeni noun (gene promoting the specialization and division of normal cells that could become an oncogene due to mutation)
French
1 entries- proto-oncogène noun (gene promoting the specialization and division of normal cells that could become an oncogene due to mutation)
Hungarian
1 entries- protoonkogén noun (gene promoting the specialization and division of normal cells that could become an oncogene due to mutation)
Italian
1 entries- protooncogene noun (gene promoting the specialization and division of normal cells that could become an oncogene due to mutation)
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