The reproductive level 6.3 Cancer and the Cell Cycle

Question 1

oncogene

Answer 1

a mutated version of a proto-oncogene, which allows for uncontrolled progression of the cell cycle, or uncontrolled cell reproduction

Question 2

proto-oncogene

Answer 2

a normal gene that controls cell division by regulating the cell cycle that becomes an oncogene if it is mutated

Question 3

tumor suppressor gene

Answer 3

a gene that codes for regulator proteins that prevent the cell from undergoing uncontrolled division