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deimmortalize

deimmortalize verb: to make a cell subject to normal apoptosis.

Verb

deimmortalize (third-person singular simple present deimmortalizes, present participle deimmortalizing, simple past and past participle deimmortalized)

  1. To make a cell subject to normal apoptosis
    • After SV40 T-Ag was removed to deimmortalize the cells, telomerase activity was reduced to its original level before immortalization and decreased with passages just the same as primary DFCs. These results suggest that piggyBac immortalization system could be a potential strategy to amplify primary...2015 July 15, “TrAmplification of Human Dental Follicle Cells by piggyBac Transposon - Mediated Reversible Immortalization System”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of deimmortalize

third-person singular presentdeimmortalizes
present participledeimmortalizing
past participledeimmortalized
pastdeimmortalized

Origin of deimmortalize

From de- + immortalize.

Questions about deimmortalize

What does deimmortalize mean?
Deimmortalize means to make a cell subject to normal apoptosis.
What part of speech is deimmortalize?
Deimmortalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of deimmortalize?
The past tense of deimmortalize is deimmortalized.

Words near deimmortalize in the dictionary

  1. deiminated
  2. deiminates
  3. deimination
  4. deiminations
  5. deimmortalization
  6. deimmortalize
  7. deimmortalized
  8. deimmunization
  9. deimmunize
  10. deimmunized
  11. deimmunizes

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