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RAS
(redirected from Ras gene)

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RAS
abbreviation for
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Royal Agricultural Society
2. (Astronomy) Royal Astronomical Society
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Noun1.RAS - the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
neural net, neural network - any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body
reticular formation, RF - a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone


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The tumor evolves quickly, activated by several factors such as the oncogenic forms of the Ras gene, which is most frequent and overexpressed in pancreatic cancer and plays an important role in multiple signal transduction cascades to activate tumor growth.
1 NATURE CELL BIOLOGY, Lee's group shows that HSV-1 replicates unusually quickly in cells that have a hyperactive Ras gene.
He said: ''I am honoured to be given this prestigious award which recognises my work on Ras genes.
 
 
 
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