transforming gene

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   a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells

   Synonymsoncogene

   Broadergene

Questions about transforming gene

What does transforming gene mean?

transforming gene means "a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells".

What is another word for transforming gene?

Close synonyms include oncogene. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is transforming gene a common word?

transforming gene is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.