mutating

mu·tate (my

t, my

-t

)

intr. & tr.v. mu·tat·ed, mu·tat·ing, mu·tates

To undergo or cause to undergo mutation.

[Latin mtre, mtt-, to change; see mei-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

mutative (-t

v, -t

-t

v) adj.

mutate [mjuːˈteɪt]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) to undergo or cause to undergo mutation

[from Latin mūtātus changed, from mūtāre to change]

mutative [ˈmjuːtətɪv mjuːˈteɪtɪv] adj

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Verb

mutate - undergo mutation; "cells mutate"

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

revert - undergo reversion, as in a mutation

mutate

verb change, convert, transform, evolve, metamorphose, transmute, transfigure Overnight, the gossip begins to mutate into headlines.

Translations

mutate [mjuːˈteɪt]

A. VT (Bio) → mutar; (= change) → transformar

B. VI (Bio) → mutarse, sufrir mutación; (= change) → transformarse

mutate [mjuːˈteɪt] vi → subir une mutation

mutate

vi → sich verändern; (Biol) → mutieren (to zu); (Ling) → sich verwandeln (→ to in +acc); to mutate into something (fig) → sich in etw (acc) → verwandeln

vt → wandeln; (Biol) → zu einer Mutation führen bei

mutate [mjuːˈteɪt] vi → subire una mutazione

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Thus by mutating, the virus becomes invisible to the immune system.

Mutations that hide HIV from immune system weaken its ability to ... by Asian News International

The team isolated the receptor protein and then improved its ability to recognise HIV further by randomly mutating it.

Tests on cell therapy to fight HIV by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

That's because human cells mutate at much slower rates than does HIV, so the virus would have much less chance of mutating around the drug, scientists explained.

New way to suppress HIV by Bateman, Chris / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD

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