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Biology Question on human health and disease

Inactive cancer gene is called

A

Transposon

B

Proto-oncogene

C

Tumour promoter gene

D

Tumour suppressor gene

Answer

Proto-oncogene

Explanation

Solution

The correct answer is (b) Proto-oncogene

A proto-oncogene is a normal inactive cancergene. It could become a cancer-causing geneon over-expression in the cellsor mutation.