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concept

proto-oncogenes

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First appears in Book 2: Jack the Bodiless, chapter 39 (36 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD)

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What you know

Book 2: Jack the Bodiless

Ch 39Proto-oncogenes are normal-seeming DNA that can become cancer-causing oncogenes when triggered; Jack's chromosomes had the fragility factor characterizing them.

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