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proto-oncogene

DEFINITIONS OF: proto-oncogene

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n a normal gene that has the potential to become an oncogene

Type of:
cistron, factor, gene
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
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