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oncometabolites

oncometabolites is the plural of oncometabolite.

Meaning of oncometabolite

Noun

oncometabolite (plural oncometabolites)

  1. Any metabolite that is associated with a cancer
    • Due to this pleiotropic function for dysregulating biological events, 2-HG is regarded as an oncometabolite that exerts tumor-inducing actions, and searches for IDH gene mutations have been performed in various types of malignancies [1 ,2 ].2015 July 11, “Mutant IDH1 Dysregulates the Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Association with Gene-Specific Histone Modifications to Cartilage- and Bone-Related Genes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about oncometabolites

What is oncometabolites the plural of?
Oncometabolites is the plural of oncometabolite.

Words near oncometabolites in the dictionary

  1. oncomer
  2. oncomers
  3. oncomes
  4. oncometabolic
  5. oncometabolite
  6. oncometabolites
  7. oncometer
  8. oncometers
  9. oncometric
  10. oncomice
  11. oncoming

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