Phenomena and Processes

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.

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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.

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3 entry terms
  • Proto-Oncogene
  • Proto Oncogene
  • Proto Oncogenes

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6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.

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Indexing Annotation

"normal cellular genes homologous to viral oncogenes"

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History Note

86; was see ONCOGENES 1983-85

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  • Genes (1966-1977)
  • Genes, Viral (1978-1982)
  • Oncogenes (1983-1985)

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  1. G05.360w.340w.024.340w.375.500w.791

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QZ 210

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Proto-Oncogenes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011519. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011519
  2. Proto-Oncogenes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30555