See Also: adrenal imaging(medicine)
adrenal medullary imaging(medicine)
Nuclear medicine imaging techniques(health)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
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Proto-(medicine)
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Proto-oncogenes(health)
Proto-oncogene(medicine)
proto-oncogenes(medicine)

Proto-oncogene (medicine) and adrenal imaging (medicine)


Proto-oncogene (medicine)


proto-oncogene
<molecular biology> The normal, cellular equivalent of an oncogene, thus usually a gene involved in the signalling or regulation of cell growth. In General, cellular proto-oncogenes are prefixed with a c, rather than their abnormal viral counterparts, that are prefixed with a v, for example c myc and v myc.

They are fragments of DNA, related to oncogenes but are the normal switches used to control growth and tissue repair.


adrenal imaging (medicine)


adrenal imaging
<radiology> Cortex, I-131 iodo-cholesterol, not widely used due to high rad dose and 4-15 day delayed imaging, medulla, search for pheo, MIBG (I-131 meta-iodobenzylguanidine)