Oncogenes Flashcards by Abby Frederickson | Brainscape

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Oncogenes

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Gain of function = increased cancer risk

Need to damage only 1 allele

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BCR-ABL

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CML, ALL

Tyrosine kinase

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Bcl-2

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Follicular and undifferentiated lymphomas

Anti-apoptotic molecule (inhibits apoptosis)

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BRAF

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Melanoma

Serine/threonine kinase

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c-kit

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Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)

Cytokine receptor (for stem cell factor)

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c-myc

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Burkitt lymphoma

Transcription factor

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HER2/neu (c-erbB2)

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Breast, ovarian, gastric carcinomas

Tyrosine kinase

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L-myc

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Lung tumor

Transcription factor

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N-myc

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Neuroblastoma

Transcription factor

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RAS

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Colon, lung, pancreatic cancers

GTPase

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RET

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MEN 2A and 2B

Tyrosine kinase

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