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mutate Definition

mu·tate (myo̵̅o̅tāt′)

intransitive verb, transitive verb -·tat′ed, -·tat′·ing

to change; specif., to undergo or cause to undergo mutation

Etymology: < L mutatus, pp. of mutare, to change: see miss

mutate Usage Examples

Object

  • gene: The analysis of all these mutated genes is underway.
  • residue: The residue ID of the mutated residue in the model is then determined.
  • virus: This mutated virus is designed to do more than prevent their ' breakout ' , you know.
  • creature: The former is about Halley's Comet striking the Earth and the second one is about mutating creatures and an evil corporation.
  • strain: And maybe pigs as well since any mutated strain will come from the viral melting pots that we and our porcine friends are.
  • protein: An indelible lineage marker for Xenopus using a mutated green fluorescent protein.

Preposition: into

  • strain: Experts fear the virus will mutate into a strain that can jump directly from person to person, unleashing a deadly pandemic.
  • virus: The agency has repeatedly warned that H5N1 could mutate into a new human virus with pandemic potential.
  • something: Then it mutated into something more abstract, more personal.
  • form: Bird flu ' mutated into more dangerous form ' | the Daily Mail.. .

Modifying Another Word

  • somatically: RET, a tyrosine kinase receptor, is somatically mutated in 38 % of thyroid medullary carcinomas.
  • horribly: He described the entity's features as " a horribly mutated face.
  • genetically: Pigs are now being genetically mutated using human genes in an attempt to try to weaken this reaction.
  • rapidly: The rapidly mutating backdoor trojan then installs an illegal copy of the Wingate proxy server - the spammers ' dreams come true.
  • constantly: He also queried the effectiveness of the vaccines if the virus was constantly mutating.
  • frequently: There was no indication that any of the protein kinase genes was frequently mutated in this set of breast cancer samples.

Used with why or when

when: A prey or predator is cloned and mutated slightly when a new organism is needed.

Infinitive complement

become: Only this time the question has mutated slightly to become " how old does the Bible say the Earth is?

Preposition: in

  • cancer: The gene family encoding protein kinases is the most commonly mutated in human cancer.
  • tumor: Although inherited mutations in such genes are rare, these genes are frequently mutated in sporadic tumors as well.

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