MORPHOGENESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does morphogenesis mean? 

• MORPHOGENESIS (noun)
  The noun MORPHOGENESIS has 1 sense:

1. differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism)

  Familiarity information: MORPHOGENESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORPHOGENESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("morphogenesis" is a kind of...):

development; growing; growth; maturation; ontogenesis; ontogeny ((biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level)

Domain category:

being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes fibroblast growth factor 10 protein, plays a role in wound healing and morphogenesis.

(FGF10 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Proteinase-Activated Receptor 1 (425 aa, 47 kD) is a cell motility protein that is encoded by the human F2R gene and has roles in multicellular organismal development, anatomical structure morphogenesis and cell motility.

(Coagulation Factor II Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

It is involved in both embryogenesis and morphogenesis.

(MFNG Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes F-box/WD repeat-containing protein 4, is involved in the mediation of both limb morphogenesis and protein catabolism.

(FBXW4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes protein CYR61, is involved in heart morphogenesis, angiogenesis, cell proliferation, cell adhesion and the positive regulation of apoptosis.

(CYR61 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in signaling and morphogenesis.

(DKK3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in cellular communication, receptor binding and morphogenesis.

(Dickkopf-Related Protein 3, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in regulating morphogenesis.

(DHH Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in intracellular calcium regulation and spinal morphogenesis.

(EPHB2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in regulating the action of bone morphogenic proteins in cell growth, apoptosis, morphogenesis, development and immune responses.

(Mothers Against Decapentaplegic Homolog 1, NCI Thesaurus)