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      oncogene
      noun
      a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells
      Roots
      onkosonco- · Greek · mass, bulk, tumorgenosgene- · Greek · birth, origin, that which produces
      Words related to oncogene
      oncogenesisoncogenicadjgenenhomeoboxntumorigenesisoncomouseantigeneoncogenicityntransactivationnpolygenenhypomorphpangeneintragenicadjpseudogenehypomorphicadjcorepressorderepressedexonsnpseudoallelemutationsncotransductionnepigeneticadjtumorigenicitynallelismnneomorphtumorigenicadjoncogenvtetraploidyadjmutagenesisnrepressorn

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