Meaning of misdifferentiate | Babel Free

Definitions

To fail to differentiate correctly.

Examples

“In the absence of Mxxl, cranial neural crest-derived mesenchyme consequently fails to proliferate and misdifferentiates (Han et al., 2003a).”

“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].”

“Mesenchymal stem cells of patients with ossification are thought to misdifferentiate into osteoblasts instead of target ligament cells because they have high osteogenic ability.”

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