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...particular the roles of proto-oncogenes, tumor suppressors, and their protein products. Proto-oncogenes consist...dividing out of control. One may compare the roles of proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressors to the accelerator...respectively. In the case of a mutation that turns a proto-oncogene permanently “on”, (now an oncogene), this...Downregulation of tumor suppressors and upregulation of proto-oncogenes can directly inhibit the ability of...H-Ras, K-Ras, and N-Ras) encoded by a family of proto-oncogenes. Ras proteins are special because they...