Oncogenes
An oncogene is a gene that
when mutated or
expressed at abnormally-high levels
contributes to converting a normal cell into a cancer cell.
oncogene
one of a small number of normal genes in vertebrates that are highly conserved evolutionarily and can cause cancer when they are mutant or inappropriately expressed ...
Oncogene
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Oncogenes are generally mutated forms of normal cellular genes (proto-oncogenes). A gene capable, when activated, of transforming a cell.
Oncogene
An oncogene is a mutated gene that contributes to the development of a cancer. In their normal, unmutated state, onocgenes are called proto-oncogenes, and they play roles in the regulation of cell division.
oncogenes Genes that can activate cell division in cells that normally do not divide or do so only slowly. A gene that when over-expressed leads to cancer, but which normally functions in cell division.
oncogene
(on-koh-jeen) [Gk. onkos, tumor + genos, birth, race]
A gene found in viruses or as part of the normal genome that is involved in triggering cancerous characteristics.
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Oncogenes
Proto-oncogenes are normal genes that are somehow involved in this process of cell division. Their DNA may contain the code for growth factors or some chemical that needs to be activated in order to stimulate cell division.
Oncogene: A gene, one or more forms of which is associated with cancer. Many oncogenes are involved, directly or indirectly, in controlling the rate of cell growth.
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Oncogene A dominant gene whose expression leads to uncontrolled cellular proliferation.
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Oncogenesis. The progression of cytological, genetic, and cellular changes that culminate in a malignant tumor.
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Oncogene
A gene that is capable of causing the transformation of normal cells into cancer cells. [Talking Glossary]
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Oncogene A gene whose expression contributes to the development of cancer.
Besides oncogenes, what other mutations can lead to a cancerous cell?
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oncogene Any of a number of genes that are associated with neoplastic growth (cancer). The gene in its benign state, either inactivated or carrying on its normal role, is a proto-oncogene.
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ONCOGENE - One of a number of genes believed to be associated with the malignant transformation of cells; originally identified in certain oncogenic retroviruses (v-onc) but also present in cells (c-onc). See PROTO-ONCOGENE.
Oncogene: A gene in a tumor virus or in cancerous cells which, when transferred into other cells, can cause transformation (note that only certain cells are susceptible to transformation by any one oncogene).
The proto-oncogene product c-Myc can induce cell growth and proliferation.
(Science: oncogene) oncogene from mouse mammary carcinoma that encodes a secreted protein. Related to drosophila gene wingless.
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Anti-oncogene. See Recessive oncogene. Antisense RNA. A complementary RNA sequence that binds to a naturally occurring (sense) mRNA molecule, thus blocking its translation. (See RNA.) Asexual reproduction.
Most carcinogens (cancer-generating factors) are also mutagens (mutation-generating factors). Oncogenes are genes resembling normal genes but in which something has gone wrong, resulting in a cancer.
Oncology - the study of cancer processes, including virus or mutation oncogenesis, angiogenesis and tissues remoldings
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Gene amplification Repeated copying of a piece of DNA; a characteristic of tumor cells.
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MHC class I transmembrane domain length variation, frequent gene conversions and deletions in the MHC-linked 21-hydroxylase gene (CYP21), gene conversions within the MHC class II genes in mice and humans, many oncogene translocations (BCL2 for ...
Oncogenes -- genes involved in cell cycle control (growth factors, growth factor regulator genes, etc), a mutation can lead to tumor growth.
 See also: Trans, Cell, Cells, Cancer, Protein
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