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mitotracker

mitotracker noun: any of a family of commercial fluorescent dyes used to stain mitochondria in living cells.

Noun

mitotracker (plural mitotrackers)

  1. Any of a family of commercial fluorescent dyes used to stain mitochondria in living cells
    • TMRE was used in our study for mitochondrial staining instead of commonly used mitotracker dyes since we were interested in visualizing only the active mitochondria in the cells.2015 December 15, “Collagen Promotes Higher Adhesion, Survival and Proliferation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of mitotracker

pluralmitotrackers
alternative formMitoTracker

Origin of mitotracker

Blend of mitochondria + tracker.

Questions about mitotracker

What does mitotracker mean?
Mitotracker means any of a family of commercial fluorescent dyes used to stain mitochondria in living cells.
What part of speech is mitotracker?
Mitotracker is a noun.
What is the plural of mitotracker?
The plural of mitotracker is mitotrackers.

Words near mitotracker in the dictionary

  1. mitotis
  2. mitotoxic
  3. mitotoxicity
  4. mitotoxin
  5. mitotoxins
  6. mitotracker
  7. mitotrackers
  8. mitotropic
  9. mitotype
  10. mitotypes
  11. mitotyping

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