Medical Definition of C-oncogene

1. A normal gene which has a tumour-producing insert that may have originated from a virus in it, turning it into a proto-oncogene. When these genes are sufficiently mutated, amplified, or over-expressed (transcribed too many times), they can begin to produce cancers. (05 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of C-oncogene

B horizon
B lymphocyte
B lymphocyte
b phage
B virus
B vitamin
c
C
C-10-deacetylase
C-13-deacylase
C-banding stain
C-clamp
C-horizon
c-Jun amino-terminal kinase
c-note
c-oncogene (current term)
c-peptide
C-ration
C-reactive protein
C-reactive protein
C-section
C-section
C-terminal leucine protein methyltransferase
C-terminus
C.O.D.
C.P.U.
C. D. Gibson
C. diphtheriae
C. H. Best
C. K. Ogden

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