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mutant Definition

mu·tant (myo̵̅o̅t'nt)

adjective

having to do with or undergoing mutation

Etymology: < L mutans, prp. of mutare: see miss

noun

an animal or plant with inheritable characteristics that differ from those of the parents; sport

mutant Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • isolate: Genetic and molecular analyzes of recently isolated mutants aim to unravel the molecular network involved in hepatic specification and organ bud formation.
  • generate: We decided to generate mutants for real Java programs.
  • identify: By PCR screening we are able to identify mutants in the library for any given gene.
  • create: We are currently creating mutants with altered levels of hydrophobins.

Preposition: with

  • defect: We shall start with existing mutants, and include new mutants with hair cell defects as they are revealed by our screening program.
  • power: Frances Barber A Genetic mutant with the power to transform into any shape or form finds its way onto the ship.

Adjective modifier

  • sod1: Are SOD1 mutants the key to understand aggregates in MND?
  • resistant: Whatever antibiotic is used, resistant mutants will be obtained.
  • null: Further RL1 null mutants have the capacity to replicate an actively dividing cells or fail to replicate in growth arrested or terminally differentiated cells.
  • genetic: Put seeds near radioactive cobalt, grow the results, and keep the genetic mutants with desirable traits.
  • several: Several mutants are available, but little is known of the inheritance patterns of their phenotypes.

Modifies a noun

  • allele: Subjects with one or more mutant alleles have significantly higher mean serum or tissue iron contents.
  • phenotype: We also have an extensive online database of visible mutant phenotypes together with supporting images.
  • p53: We found that curcumin caused cell death in eight melanoma cell lines, four with wild-type and four with mutant p53.
  • offspring: Spider comes across as the mutant offspring of Hunter S Thomson and John Pilger.
  • mouse: These ideas were recently evaluated in various strains of mutant mice.
  • strain: The source code to PGP was not published to help spawn these mutant strains.

Noun used with modifier

  • arabidopsis: We have started to dissect the JA signal pathway through the isolation and characterisation of Arabidopsis mutants.
  • deletion: DNA transformation analysis of promoter deletion mutants for this gene have identified three classes of upstream elements that are essential for cAMP regulation.
  • mouse: We have a large collection of mouse mutants with well-characterised auditory defects but only a superficial study of their physiological responses to various stimuli.

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