ras gene

RAS may refer to:Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, a society to further study into topics relating to science, literature, and the arts in relation to AsiaRAS Records, a reggae record labelRescue Aid Society, a fictional society in the film The RescuersRAS (film), a 1973 film by Yves Boisset Redundant Acronym SyndromeRadical Anti-SemitismRegistered Accessibility SpecialistReliability, Availability and ServiceabilityRundfunk Anstalt Südtirol, a public broadcaster whose purpose is to relay programming from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland to the German-speaking populationRas city, first capital city of medieval Serbian state of Raskaa title in the Amharic language, meaning "head," as in Ras Tafari; the term is often used by members of the Rastafari movement, eg Ras Mida. See Ethiopian aristocratic and religious titles.in Arabic means "head" and "cape" and appears in placenames like Ras Tanura. See the related title of Rais.Hans Ras (1926-2003) is a Dutch philologistThe Rás (originally Rás Tailteann) is an annual cycling race in Ireland.
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This article is about the Ras family of proteins. For other meanings see the Ras (disambiguation) page.In molecular biology, Ras is the name of a protein, the gene that encodes it, and the family and superfamily of proteins to which it belongs. The Ras superfamily of small GTPases includes the Ras, Rho, Arf, Rab, and Ran families.
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A gene that has been found to cause cancer when it is altered (mutated). Agents that block its activity may stop the growth of cancer.