noun
- substances that stimulate cells to undergo mitosis (cell division)
Usage: biology; plural form
Examples
- Plant mitogens can trigger rapid cell division in tissue cultures.
- Researchers studied various mitogens to understand cell growth mechanisms.
- The laboratory tested different mitogens on cancer cell lines.
- Some mitogens are naturally occurring proteins found in organisms.
- Scientists use mitogens to stimulate immune cell proliferation in experiments.
- Certain mitogens can activate dormant cells to begin dividing again.