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oncogene: a standalone construct

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Cancer biology

genes that can drive cells toward cancer when activated, first proposed as viral genes carried in the genome.

In cancer biology, oncogene refers to genes that can drive cells toward cancer when activated, first proposed as viral genes carried in the genome. This meaning comes from Huebner (1969) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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References

Huebner, R. J., & Todaro, G. J. (1969). Oncogenes of Rna Tumor Viruses as Determinants of Cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 64(3), 1087-1094. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.64.3.1087

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