"Proto-Oncogenes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
	which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
	
	
		
			
			
				Normal cellular genes homologous to viral oncogenes. The products of proto-oncogenes are important regulators of biological processes and appear to be involved in the events that serve to maintain the ordered procession through the cell cycle. Proto-oncogenes have names of the form c-onc.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D011519 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | G05.360.340.024.340.375.500.791 | 
					
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				Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Proto-Oncogenes".
				
			 
			
			
				Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Proto-Oncogenes".
				
					
						- Proto-Oncogenes
- Genes, abl
- Genes, bcl-1
- Genes, bcl-2
- Genes, erbA
- Genes, erbB
- Genes, fms
- Genes, fos
- Genes, jun
- Genes, mos
- Genes, myb
- Genes, myc
- Genes, ras
- Genes, rel
- Genes, sis
- Genes, src
 
			 
		 
	 
 
                                        
                                            
	
	
		
			
			
					
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								Indistinguishable patterns of protooncogene expression in two distinct but closely related tumors: Ewing's sarcoma and neuroepithelioma. Cancer Res. 1988 Aug 01; 48(15):4307-11.