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<molecular biology, oncology> Mutated and/or overexpressed version of a normal gene of animal cells (the proto-oncogene) that in a dominant fashion can release the cell from normal restraints on growth and thus alone or in concert with other changes, convert a cell into a tumour cell.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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