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Molecular Biology of Cancer I: Key Aspects and Basic Mechanisms Tumor Viruses
Molecular Biology of Cancer I: Key Aspects and Basic Mechanisms Tumor Viruses
GENETIC
REGULATI
cell cycle regulation
ON OF cellular adhesion
CYCLE
DNA repair and maintenance
suppressor
There are numerous cell surface molecules that
genes antagonize normal cell growth and
development.
• Some of the "early genes" carried by the HPV virus, such as genes E6 and E7,
act as oncogenes that promote tumor growth and malignant transformation.