Pokemon gene

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The Pokemon gene, which stands for POK Erythroid Myeloid Ontogenic factor (most likely a backronym), is a gene that may act as a master switch for cancer. The leader of the research team which discovered this, geneticist Dr. Pier Paolo Pandolfi, from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York said the Pokemon gene is unique in that it is needed for other oncogenes to cause cancer. ^[1]

The name is derived from the Japanese-based videogame, television, and card game series Pokémon.

See also

• Pokémon
• Sonic Hedgehog - another gene named from a video game.

References

^[1] Switching Off 'Pokemon' Gene May Block Cancer-Cell Formation (http://health.dailynewscentral.net/content/view/000316/31/)

External links

• Role of the proto-oncogene Pokemon in cellular transformation and ARF repression (http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v433/n7023/full/nature03203_fs.html) article published in Nature, January 20, 2005

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