Oncogen is
a substance or agent causing oncogenesis.
This means that the substance/agent
will induce the formation of tumors. This can happen if a proto-oncogene (a
normal gene that will become an oncogene by mutation or
increased genic expression) suffers mutation and the cell will undergo
on disordered multiplication.
In turn, this can convert in cancer with a virus
infection or at higher rates of mitosis, which will promote more mutations while mechanisms of apoptosis and DNA reparation will shut down.
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