mutate Definition
mu·tate (myo̵̅o̅′tāt′)
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

