Definition of Mitogen

1. Noun. An agent that triggers mitosis.

Generic synonyms: Agent

Definition of Mitogen

1. Noun. Any substance that stimulates mitosis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mitogen

1. a substance that induces mitosis [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mitogen

1. A substance which is able to induce mitosis of certain eukaryotic cells. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mitogen

mitochondrial encephalomyopathies
mitochondrial gene
mitochondrial genome
mitochondrial inheritance
mitochondrial intermediate peptidase
mitochondrial matrices
mitochondrial matrix
mitochondrial membrane
mitochondrial myopathies
mitochondrial oxidative damage endonuclease
mitochondrial swelling
mitochondrially
mitochondrion
mitochondrional
mitogen (current term)
mitogenesis
mitogenetic
mitogenic
mitogenicities
mitogenicity
mitogenome
mitogenomes
mitogenomic
mitogenomics
mitogens
mitoguazone
mitokorezeme
mitokorezemes
mitolactol

Literary usage of Mitogen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Vanadium also stimulate mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases and ... Activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway in neutrophils. ..."

2. The Lower Canada Law Journal by Kirby, James, b. 1840 (1867)
"Action for damages caused by privy being built against mur mitogen. The action in this case was brought by the plaintiffs, to recover £600 damages, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Failure of thymopoietin to restore T cell mitogen responses of lymphocytes from ... To test for ability of thymopoietin store T cell mitogen responses, ..."

4. Ramsay's Appeals Cases: With Notes and Definitions of the Civil and Criminal by Thomas Kennedy Ramsay, Charles Henry Stephens (1887)
"If a neighbour builds on a wall which is not mitogen without taking the preliminary ... A proprietor cannot make a recess in the mitogen wall without the ..."

5. Drug Abuse and Drug Abuse Research (1991): The Third Triennial Report to edited by MaryLouise Embrey, Christine R. Hartel (1999)
"The relationship of this observed action of beta-endorphin in modulating the mitogen-stimulated calcium uptake by rat immature thymocytes to normal human ..."

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