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Preferred term

Proto-Oncogenes  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Proto Oncogene
  • Proto-Oncogene

Note

  • "normal cellular genes homologous to viral oncogenes"

Scope note

  • Normal cellular genes homologous to viral oncogenes. The products of proto-oncogenes are important regulators of biological processes and appear to be involved in the events that serve to maintain the ordered procession through the cell cycle. Proto-oncogenes have names of the form c-onc.

History note

  • 86; was see ONCOGENES 1983-85

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011519

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