Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An agent that induces mitosis.
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- noun Any substance that stimulates
mitosis .
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- noun an agent that triggers mitosis
Etymologies
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Examples
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The protein process, a series of chemical reactions officially known as the mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) signal transduction cascade, plays a role in many cellular functions, including cell growth and development, cell division, and death.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Over the period of five weeks, the researchers found that cigarette smoke turned on enzymes called mitogen-activated protein kinases linked to cell growth and survival in heart muscle.
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Extracellular regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2, also called mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), has been reported to phosphorylate cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Li Zhou et al. 2009
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I dissociated the lymphocytes with a Dounce glass homogeniser and started their stimulation in culture with a bacterial mitogen, Protein A, known as an activator of B and T lymphocytes, since I did not know which fraction of lymphocytes could produce the putative virus.
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In addition, mitogen or antigen stimulated lymphocyte cultures are performed to measure lymphocyte function.
Immunology Lab 2010
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With repeated application of serotonin, PKA translocates to the nucleus and in so doing activates the MAP kinase (mitogen activated protein kinase), another kinase often recruited for growth.
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BAY 86-9766, formerly known as RDEA119, is a potent and specific inhibitor of mitogen-activated ERK kinase MEK for the treatment of cancer being developed under a global license agreement with Bayer HealthCare AG.
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Shiojima I, Hiroi Y, Kudoh S, Oka T, et al. (1999) Bone morphogenetic proteins induce cardiomyocyte differentiation through the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase TAK1 and cardiac transcription factors Csx/Nkx2. 5 and Gata-4.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Kemar Brown et al. 2010
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LF acts as a Zn2+-dependent endoprotease that snips off the N-terminus of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases
WN.com - Articles related to DTI favors zero tariffs on cement, wheat 2010
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LF acts as a Zn2+-dependent endoprotease that snips off the N-terminus of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases (MAPKK).
WN.com - Articles related to DTI favors zero tariffs on cement, wheat 2010
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