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myc
(redirected from Myc oncogene)

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myc  (mk)
n.
Any of a group of vertebrate oncogenes whose product, a DNA binding protein, is thought to promote the growth of tumor cells.
[Possibly from my(elo)c(ytomatosis virus).]
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