mitotic
IPA: maɪtˈɔtɪk
adjective
- Of or pertaining to mitosis.
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Examples of "mitotic" in Sentences
- Introducing the chemical induced a type of cell death, called mitotic catastrophe.
- Curcumin disrupts a number of cycles in cancer cell and causes a particular type of cell death known as mitotic catastrophe.
- The pro-tein also plays a part in regulating the so-called mitotic checkpoints, which serve as qual-ity control for cell division.
- Forces in a structure called the mitotic spindle guide the replicated chromosomes to opposing sides as one cell eventually becomes two.
- The mammalian NIMA-related kinases (Neks) are commonly referred to as mitotic kinases, although a definitive in vivo verification of this definition is largely missing.
- The team of scientists from the University of Dundee have found that structures called mitotic spindles, which separate genetic material during the process of cell division, line up in stem cells in different ways within normal and pre-cancerous tissues.
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