misdifferentiate
misdifferentiate verb: to fail to differentiate correctly.
Verb
misdifferentiate (third-person singular simple present misdifferentiates, present participle misdifferentiating, simple past and past participle misdifferentiated)
- To fail to differentiate correctly.
- In the absence of Mxxl, cranial neural crest-derived mesenchyme consequently fails to proliferate and misdifferentiates (Han et al., 2003a).2008, Charles J. Epstein, Robert P. Erickson, Anthony Joseph Wynshaw-Boris, Inborn Errors of Development, page 705
- Sumoylation-deficient Drosophila lesswright mutants have been shown to induce overproduction of hemocytes and form melanotic tumors whereas Ubc9 mutations activate progenitors to misdifferentiate, become hyperplastic, and develop microtumors [172, 173].2013, Theodoulakis Christofi, Yiorgos Apidianakis, “Drosophila and the Hallmarks of Cancer”, in Andreas Vilcinskas, editor, Yellow Biotechnology I: Insect Biotechnologie in Drug Discovery and...
Forms of misdifferentiate
| third-person singular present | misdifferentiates |
|---|---|
| present participle | misdifferentiating |
| past participle | misdifferentiated |
| past | misdifferentiated |
Origin of misdifferentiate
From mis- + differentiate.
Questions about misdifferentiate
- What does misdifferentiate mean?
- Misdifferentiate means to fail to differentiate correctly.
- What part of speech is misdifferentiate?
- Misdifferentiate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misdifferentiate?
- The past tense of misdifferentiate is misdifferentiated.
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