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How to use mitochondrial in a sentence

17 example sentences · adjective

Mitochondrial means of, or relating to mitochondria. Example: “Sperm pass on none of their mitochondria during conception, so all mitochondrial information is transferred from generation to generation through mothers alone.”

Examples of mitochondrial by meaning

adjectiveOf, or relating to mitochondria.

  • Sperm pass on none of their mitochondria during conception, so all mitochondrial information is transferred from generation to generation through mothers alone.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 329
  • A coenzyme that exists in all living cells, NAD+ plays a central role in the body’s biological processes, such as regulating cellular energy, increasing insulin sensitivity and reversing mitochondrial dysfunction.2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”...

More sentences with mitochondrial

  • These conjectures appeared because they searched among the current existing mitochondrial DNA for common sequencies.2013, Paulo Murilo C. de Oliveira, Dietrich Stauffer, Evolution, Money, War, and Computers, →ISBN. From the entry sequency
  • Mitochondrial content was estimated based on visualization of the modified Gomori's trichrome stain.2011, Colleen A. McMullen et al., “Chronic Stimulation-Induced Changes in the Rodent Thyroarytenoid Muscle”, in Journal of Speech…. From the entry trichrome
  • Monitoring the level of a mitochondrial protein informs nothing about the purity of a mitochondrial preparation.2010, Thiol Redox Transitions in Cell Signaling, Part B, page 152. From the entry misexchange
  • With mitoplasts (matrix plus inner mitochondrial membrane) in the same conditions the rate is much lower.2009, Protein Degradation in Health and Disease, page 170. From the entry mitoplast
  • These differing responses can also be explained by membrane injury, as compared to isolated mitochondria, homogenation can disrupt mitochondrial membranes.2016 January 8, “Inhaled Methane Limits the Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain Dysfunction during Experimental Liver…. From the entry homogenation
  • Membrane fluidity in mitochondria was measured with the excimer forming probe dipyrenylpropane and mitochondrial function was measured with a Clark-type electrode.2015 December 3, “Even a Chronic Mild Hyperglycemia Affects Membrane Fluidity and Lipoperoxidation in Placental Mitochondria in Wistar…. From the entry dipyrenylpropane
  • The best-characterized member of iron-sulfur isomerases is mitochondrial aconitase.2000, Louis J. Ignarro, Nitric Oxide: Biology and Pathobiology, page 301. From the entry aconitase
  • What is the biological significance of base sequence homology between parts of mitochondrial DNA (mt-DNA) and nuclear DNA in eukaryotes?1986, S. H Mantell, The Chondriome: chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes. From the entry chondriome
  • Rossi and colleagues showed that the mitochondrial protein mitofilin co-localized with PARP-1 in mitochondria of HeLa cells, which shows the mitochondrial presence of the enzyme.2015 July 29, “Differentiation-Associated Downregulation of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1 Expression in Myoblasts Serves to Increase Their…. From the entry mitofilin
  • Cytoplasmic vacuolisation is a prominent feature of paraptosis, which includes cytoplasmic vacuolisation, mitochondrial swelling and endoplasmic reticulum stress and annexin V binding to membranes.2015 September 22, “Aberrant Apoptotic Response of Colorectal Cancer Cells to Novel Nucleoside Analogues”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry paraptosis
  • Yagi et al. reported that isorabaichromone, a chromone components from Aloe vera, showed antioxidative activity against microsomal and mitochondrial non-enzymatic lipid peroxidation.2015 December 5, “Aloin Protects Skin Fibroblasts from Heat Stress-Induced Oxidative Stress Damage by Regulating the Oxidative Defense…. From the entry isorabaichromone
  • Muscle sections stained with modified Gomori's trichrome demonstrated that thyroarytenoid muscles from both the 1- and 2-week chronic nerve-stimulated rats contained fibers with mitochondrial accumulations.2011, Colleen A. McMullen et al., “Chronic Stimulation-Induced Changes in the Rodent Thyroarytenoid Muscle”, in Journal of Speech…. From the entry trichrome
  • Reye's syndrome and Jamaican vomiting sickness are disorders of mitochondrial dysfunction, while MCAD is a defect in mitochondrial beta oxidation of fatty acids.1997, Norman Gitlin, The Liver and Systemic Disease, page 277. From the entry Reye's syndrome
  • Uncoupling of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation is caused by excessive free cytosolic Ca 2+ which is instrumental in directing the cells to follow the executionary part of apoptosis.2015 October 6, “Andrographolide Analogue Induces Apoptosis and Autophagy Mediated Cell Death in U937 Cells by Inhibition of PI3K/Akt/mTOR…. From the entry executionary
  • 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. From the entry mitotracker

Meaning of mitochondrial

  1. adjective Of, or relating to mitochondria.

Full definition of mitochondrial

Questions about mitochondrial in a sentence

How do you use mitochondrial in a sentence?
Mitochondrial is used as an adjective. For example: “Sperm pass on none of their mitochondria during conception, so all mitochondrial information is transferred from generation to generation through mothers alone.”
What is a short sentence with mitochondrial?
“The best-characterized member of iron-sulfur isomerases is mitochondrial aconitase.”
What does mitochondrial mean?
Mitochondrial means of, or relating to mitochondria.

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