what genes are involved in cancer?
2006-09-22 02:47:21 · 7 answers · asked by GrotesqueNN 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
There are many different types of genes involved in cancer. Cancer is the unregulated division of cells, so any gene which is involved in regulating cell division normally can potentially be mutated and inactivated leading to loss of regulation. Some examples of these are transcriptional regulatory proteins, signal tranducing proteins and proteins which regulate mitosis itself.
2006-09-22 03:30:38 · answer #1 · answered by Dastardly 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Which cancer?
There is one type of cancer which requires no less than 70 different mutations of genes for it to develop. Braca 1 is involved a lot in breast cancer.
2006-09-22 03:51:12 · answer #2 · answered by Bacteria Boy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genes that are able to cause cancer are termed proto-oncogenes. These genes become oncogenes once they are modified to increase the malignancy of a cell. Other genes that are involved in cancer are tumour suppressor genes.
2006-09-22 03:20:25 · answer #3 · answered by CuteButPsycho 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gen p53, it's the responsible of conducing the cell to apoptosis, when gen p53 it's not working correctly, cells with anormalities such as cancer cells do not enter apoptosis and they start reproducing and forming tumors.
2006-09-22 16:41:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
one is p53, it gives the signal for the cell to start mitosis so if the p53 gene is mutated, the cell starts to reproduce uncontrollably
2006-09-22 03:07:35 · answer #5 · answered by echinate 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The gene that allows our brain to say "smoke".
2006-09-22 02:50:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
mutated
2006-09-22 02:51:11 · answer #7 · answered by baghmom 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋