Proto-Oncogenes

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.

Year introduced: 1986

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Tree Number(s): G05.360.340.024.340.375.500.791

MeSH Unique ID: D011519

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