mitogen

American

[mahy-tuh-juhn, -jen] / ˈmaɪ tə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn /

noun

Biology.

any substance or agent that stimulates mitotic cell division.

mitogen British

/ ˌmaɪtəʊˈdʒɛnɪk, ˈmaɪtədʒən /

noun

any agent that induces mitosis

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Other Word Forms

mitogenic adjective

Etymology

Origin of mitogen

First recorded in 1950–55; mito(sis) + -gen

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Because these pro-neural genes are not expressed at the early NPC stages but in more mature cell types derived upon mitogen withdrawal, the identification of such priming events highlights that the epigenetic state is useful for predicting regulators relevant at later stages of differentiation.

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