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noun
A gene, promoting the specialization and division of normal cells, that could become an oncogene due to mutation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
a normal gene that has the potential to become an oncogene
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gene, cistron, factor
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos)der. New Latin onco-der. English onco- English gene English oncogene English proto-oncogene From proto- + oncogene.
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