NCIt definition : Highly-expressed in a variety of tumor cell lines, human Oncogene ROS is a mutated
variant of ROS1 Gene, which belongs to the sevenless subfamily of tyrosine kinase
insulin receptor genes. The encoded type I integral membrane protein, Tyrosine-Protein
Kinase ROS, with tyrosine kinase activity may function as a growth or differentiation
factor receptor. Oncogene ROS1 disrupts normal cell function.;