proto-oncogene

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1. a normal gene that has the potential to become an oncogene (noun.body)

hypernym	:	cistron, factor, gene,
definition	:	(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 (noun.body)