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Tumor suppressor gene

A tumor suppressor gene is a gene that reduces the probability that a cell in a multicellular organism will turn into a tumor cell.

A mutation or deletion of such a gene will increase the probability of the formation of a tumor.

Note:   The above text is excerpted from the Wikipedia article "Tumor suppressor gene", which has been released under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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