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Immortalizing oncogene

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Food Biotechnology

A gene that upon transfection enables a primary cell to grow indefinitely in culture. (See Oncogene.)

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

A gene that, upon transfection, enables a primary cell to grow indefinitely in culture.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture