Oncogene Definition

ŏnkə-jēn, ŏng-
oncogenes
noun
oncogenes
Any of various genes that, when activated as by radiation or a virus, may cause a normal cell to become cancerous.
Webster's New World
Any of various viral genes that transform host cells into cancerous cells.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
  • transforming gene

Other Word Forms of Oncogene

Noun

Singular:
oncogene
Plural:
oncogenes

Origin of Oncogene

  • Greek onkos mass, tumor oncology gene

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From onco- +"Ž gene.

    From Wiktionary

Oncogene Sentence Examples

  • The helper virus envelope glycoprotein affects the disease specificity of a recombinant murine leukemia virus carrying a v- myc oncogene.

  • Oncogene inactivation uses the same techniques employed for dominantly inherited monogenic diseases.

  • A change in the DNA causes a special gene called an oncogene to be switched on.

  • No single activated oncogene can be detected in a transformation assay.

  • Investigation showed the retroviral vector used to load a gene into bone marrow cells had inadvertently carried its DNA into a known oncogene.

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