Zbtb7
MAMMALIAN PROTEIN FOUND IN HOMO SAPIENS
Pokemon Gene; Pokemon gene; ZBTB7; Pokemon oncogene; Pokémon oncogene; Pokemon (gene)
Zbtb7, originally named Pokemon, is a gene that may act as a master switch for cancer, and is responsible for the proliferation of cancer throughout surrounding cells. The leader of the research team which discovered this, geneticist Pier Paolo Pandolfi from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City, said the gene is unique in that it is needed for other oncogenes to cause cancer.