oncogene
pronunciation
How to pronounce oncogene in British English:
UK ['ɒŋkədʒi:n]
How to pronounce oncogene in American English:
US ['ɒŋkəˌdʒin]
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- Noun:
- a gene that causes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells
Word Origin
- oncogene (n.)
- 1969, from onco- + -gene, from root of Greek gignere (perf. genui) "beget," from PIE *gen- "produce" (see genus). Related: Oncogenesis (1832).
Example
- 1. From oncogene to cancer gene therapy .
- 2. The changes in oncogene expression induced by bleomycin analogues .
- 3. A normal gene that has the potential to become an oncogene .
- 4. Pcr amplification and cloning of cr_ 2 sequence from oncogene erbb-2 .
- 5. Even as harold varmus , j. michael bishop , and others added terms like oncogene and tumor suppressor to the genetic lexicon , the conventional wisdom held that a disease like breast cancer had to be viral .