NOUN | body | transforming gene, oncogene | a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells |
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Meaning | A gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells. | |
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Synonym | oncogene | |
Broader | gene, cistron, factor | (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain |
Spanish | oncogén | |
Catalan | oncogen |
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