aberrant

Modifies a noun

• methylation: The prevalence of aberrant methylation of genes in solid tumors makes it an attractive target for novel anti-cancer therapies.
• transcript: The mechanism producing these aberrant transcripts needs further investigation.
• behavior: No rural Indonesian in their right mind could conceive of such aberrant behavior.
• expression: Aberrant gene expression is a major cause for disease, including various forms of cancer.
• growth: In some instances, mycoplasma contamination is obvious since infected eucaryotic cells exhibit aberrant growth, metabolism, and morphology.
• response: It is arguable that an aberrant inflammatory response is the dominant pathological process in the human body.

Modifying Another Word

• not: What gives these moments such great impact is that they are not aberrant to Sy.

Used with adjective complement

• cause: Some defects are similar to those seen in OI but others have been point mutations causing aberrant splicing of one or more exons.
• become: Lectures will include examples of signaling molecules that mediate growth and differentiation of cells and describe how these become aberrant in disease.