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6 years ago
The terms proto-oncogene and oncogene may give the misleading impression that these are genes for cancer that are waiting to be turned on.
 
  What are these genes, in terms of normal function, and what name might have been given to them to reflect this function rather than their role in cancer?
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6 years ago
Proto-oncogene products play a role in cell growth or the cell cycle. Examples discussed in this chapter include growth factors, protein kinases, and membrane-associated G proteins. Had they not been discovered in defective form as oncogenes, they would be named more precisely for their function.
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