Suppressor
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Genes that stimulate cell growth are called oncogenes ; those that inhibit it are called tumor
suppressor
genes .
More example sentences with word suppressor
By genetic disease we mean that cancer is caused by oncogenes that are turned on in cancer and tumor
suppressor
genes that are turned off to cause cancer.
You might think that we learned about oncogenes and tumor
suppressor
genes from common cancers like breast cancer and prostate cancer and lung cancer, but you'd be wrong.
We learned about oncogenes and tumor
suppressor
genes for the first time in that itty-bitty little one percent of cancers called sarcoma.
Now, TP53 is the most important tumor
suppressor
gene.
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