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Mitogen

Definition

noun, plural: mitogens

Any substance that triggers mitosis, as well as lymphocyte blastogenesis.


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Examples of mitogens are pokeweed mitogen, lipopolysaccharide, phytohaemagglutinin, and concanavalin A.


Word origin: mito(sis) + -gen » Greek -genēs (born, produced).
Related forms: mitogenic (adjective), mitogenicity (noun)

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Kidney Beans, Mitogens, and Growing Plants Faster?

Alright well (preferably) red kidney beans contain a Mitogen called Phytohaemagglutinin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytohaemagglutinin Mitogens cause cells to go into mitosis. is this the proteins function in beans, for germinating? Also would grinding ...

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by kclo4x
Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:14 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Kidney Beans, Mitogens, and Growing Plants Faster?
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help needed - HUVEC-C cells

... targeting using Human Umbilical Endothelial Cell Line - C (HUVEC-C). The growth medium I am is DMEM with 20 % FCS, 0.1 mg/ml heparin, 0.05 mg/ml mitogen (endothelial cell growth supplement) and 1 % Penicillin-streptomycin. The cells grow quite slowly. I am wondering if anyone can give me some ...

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by jmc2
Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:11 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: help needed - HUVEC-C cells
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Views: 504

The Fiber Disease

... phone exposure caused a transient increase in phosphorylation of hsp27, an effect which was prevented by SB203580, a specific inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK). Also, mobile phone exposure caused transient changes in the protein expression levels of hsp27 and p38MAPK. ...

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by London
Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:52 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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Morgellon's or ..........flies, or .......

... referred to as pseudohyphal differentiation. Yeast filamentous growth is regulated, in part, by two conserved signal transduction cascades: a mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade and a G-protein regulated cyclic AMP signaling pathway. Related signaling cascades play an analogous role in ...

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by London
Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:24 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Morgellon's or ..........flies, or .......
Replies: 172
Views: 37969

The Fiber Disease

... host defences through a variety of mechanisms including inhibiting phagocytosis; lethal factor (LF) is a zinc-dependent protease that cleaves mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase and causes lysis of macrophages . Protective antigen (PA), the third component, binds to a cellular receptor ...

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by London
Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:36 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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