prooncogenic

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English

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Etymology

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From pro- +‎ oncogenic.

Adjective

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prooncogenic (not comparable)

  1. That precedes or leads to oncogenesis
    • 2015 August 27, “Network Topologies Decoding Cervical Cancer”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Further, the protein SRSF1 is up-regulated in cancer and its transcription is activated by the prooncogenic transcription factor Myc. However there is a significant difference in SRSF1 gene copy number that may account for its up-regulation [82 ].