Definition of Oncogens

1. oncogen [n] - See also: oncogen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oncogens

oncogene proteins v-erba
oncogene proteins v-erbb
oncogene proteins v-fos
oncogene proteins v-mos
oncogenes
oncogeneses
oncogenesis
oncogenetic
oncogenic
oncogenic virus
oncogenic viruses
oncogenicities
oncogenicity
oncogenomics
oncogenous
oncogens (current term)
oncograph
oncographs
oncography
oncoides
oncolite
oncolites
oncologic
oncologic nursing
oncological
oncologically
oncologies
oncologist
oncologists
oncology

Literary usage of Oncogens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Many drugs used in cancer chemotherapy are transforming agents (1, 10, 11), mutagens (12), and oncogens (13, 14). One such agent, ara-C, had previously been ..."

2. Asbestos: Selected Cancers by Institute of Medicine (U. S.) (2006)
"2001. The CpG island of the novel tumor suppressor gene RASSF1A is intensely methylated in primary small cell lung carcinomas. oncogens 20(27): 3563-3567. ..."

3. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan G. Blazer (2006)
"oncogens 21(47):7256-7265. Mann M, Jensen ON. 2003. Proteomic analysis of post-translational modifications. Nature Biotechnology 21(3):255-261. ..."

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