mutant Definition
mu·tant (myo̵̅o̅t′'nt)
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.

