proto-oncogene (English, noun)
expansion: proto-oncogene (plural proto-oncogenes)
Senses:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A gene, promoting the specialization and division of normal cells, that could become an oncogene due to mutation.
Forms:
form: proto-oncogenes
tags: plural
form: protooncogene
tags: alternative