Example sentences for: oncogenes

How can you use “oncogenes” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The first applications are likely to be in cancer (targeting out-of-control oncogenes) or viral infection (targeting viral genes).

  • Cancer evolves from the accumulation of mutations and the deregulation of two classes of genes, oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes.

  • Interestingly, three genes whose products are known to promote viral replication were associated with v- myb and v- abl oncogenes (shared terms: 'virus', 'transformation' or 'leukemia'): TAX1BP1 (Tax1-binding protein 1), CREB3 (cAMP-response element binding protein 3/LZIP) and TARBP2 (TAR-binding protein 2) (Figure 7a) [ 20, 21, 22].

  • 7% of breast cancers, without consideration of nodal status; coamplification of those oncogenes was present in 7%.

  • Among 181 NNBC patients who had undergone breast-conserving therapy or modified mastectomy combined with axillary lymphadenectomy of level 1 and 2 (at least 10 lymph nodes per patient had been removed), c- myc and HER-2 / neu oncogenes were assessed prospectively using double differential PCR.


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