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What are the proto-oncogenes?

The cellular homologs of viral oncogenes are called proto-oncogenes or sometimes normal cellular oncogens, denoted c-one. The cellular homolog of v-src is thefore c-src. As a result, the cellular oncogenes show considerable conservation in structure.

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