单词 | oncogene |
释义 | oncogene (once / 256942 pages) n WORD FAMILY oncogene: oncogenes USAGE EXAMPLESEarly on it was thought to be an oncogene capable of turning a cell cancerous under some circumstances. Science Magazine(Oct 05, 2016) Until this point, cancer was thought to be caused by the activation of oncogenes. Nature(Aug 23, 2016) The genes in question are known as oncogenes, for when they go wrong they can lead to the growth of cancers. Economist(Oct 15, 2015) n a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells Syn|Hyper transforming gene cistron, factor, gene (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity |
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