tumor suppressor genes

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006554",
  "term": "tumor suppressor genes",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Genes that inhibit expression of the tumorigenic phenotype. They are normally involved in holding cellular growth in check. When tumor suppressor genes are inactivated or lost, a barrier to normal proliferation is removed and unregulated growth is possible.",
  "synonyms": [
    "anti-oncogenes",
    "antioncogenes",
    "cancer suppressor genes",
    "metastasis suppressor genes",
    "tumor suppressing genes",
    "tumour suppressing genes",
    "tumour suppressor genes"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "genes"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2014",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "genes supresores de tumores"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/tumor-suppressor-genes/"
}