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Oncogene

An oncogene is a gene that has the potential to cause cancer. In tumor cells, these genes are often mutated, or expressed at high levels.

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Proto-oncogene

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Oncogene

Nodes80
Edges79
Triples64
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.025
Components1

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Oncogene

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related to Proto-oncogene · 17
Oncogene → Another, Bcr-Abl, Burkitt's, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, ERK, Examples, More, MYC, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Chromosome, Proto-oncogenes, RAS, The MYC, TRK, Upon, When, WNT
related to Activation · 15
Oncogene → ABL1, As, BCR, BCR-ABL, Chromosome, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, David Hungerford, DNA, Leukemia, Peter Nowell, Philadelphia Chromosome, The, There, This, When
related to history · 13
Oncogene → Concerning, Entstehung Maligner Tumoren, George Todaro, German, Later, Malignant Tumors, National Cancer Institute, Origin, Robert Huebner, Teilungsfoerdernde Chromosomen, The, Theodor Boveri, Zur Frage
related to Cancer classification · 7
Oncogene → Cancer, Even, For, N-myc, Oncogenes, Those, Thus
is a · 3
Oncogene → Bcr-Abl gene found on the Philadelphia chromosome, gene that has the potential to cause cancer, normal gene that could become an oncogene due to mutations or increased expression
related to Classification · 3
Oncogene → Additional, There, They
related to External links · 3
Oncogene → Drosophila Oncogenes, The Interactive Fly, Tumor Suppressors
related to overview · 3
Oncogene → Genes, There, When

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oncogenes cell cancer protein gene genes chromosome cause cells proteins growth tumor expression mutation proto-oncogenes normal leukemia abl1 proto-oncogene mutations

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Oncogeneis agene that has the potential to cause cancer0.90text
Oncogeneis anormal gene that could become an oncogene due to mutations or increased expression0.90text
Oncogeneis aBcr-Abl gene found on the Philadelphia chromosome0.90text
Oncogenerelated to ActivationThe0.60section
Oncogenerelated to ActivationThere0.60section
Oncogenerelated to ActivationThis0.60section
Oncogenerelated to ActivationChromosome0.60section
Oncogenerelated to ActivationPeter Nowell0.60section
Oncogenerelated to ActivationDavid Hungerford0.60section
Oncogenerelated to ActivationDNA0.60section
Oncogenerelated to ActivationBCR0.60section
Oncogenerelated to ActivationABL10.60section

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