________ encode proteins that promote the loss of growth control and the conversion of a cell to a malignant state. These genes encode proteins that have various functions in a cell's normal activities, among them serving as accelerators of cell proliferation.
a) pro-oncogenes
b) oncogenes
c) tumor suppressor genes
d) proto-oncogenes
Ans: b) oncogenes
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