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BIOGENESIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The production of living organisms from other living organisms

Synonyms:

biogenesis; biogeny

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

generation; multiplication; propagation (the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production)

Derivation:

biogenetic (of or relating to the production of living organisms from other living organisms)

biogenous (producing or produced by living things)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Production of a chemical compound by a living organism

Synonyms:

biogenesis; biosynthesis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

synthesis (the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds))

Derivation:

biogenous (producing or produced by living things)

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 Context examples: 

AMPK regulates several cellular systems including the cellular uptake of glucose, the beta-oxidation of fatty acids, protein synthesis, and the biogenesis of glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) and mitochondria.

(Acadesine, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in cellular communication and organization/biogenesis.

(DLG1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Ubiquitination regulates protein degradation, chromatin remodeling, cell cycle progression, differentiation, gene expression, stress response, ribosome biogenesis, antigen presentation, apoptosis, signal transduction, transcriptional activation, biological clocks, receptor down regulation, and endocytosis.

(E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in heparin/heparin sulfate biosynthesis, axon guidance and biogenesis/cell organization.

(EXT1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in cellular biogenesis, organization and proliferation.

(EREG Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase ABL1 protein, plays a role in cell cycle regulation and ribosomal biogenesis.

(ABL1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Gram-negative bacteria secrete a wide range of proteins whose functions include biogenesis of organelles, such as pilli and flagella, nutrient acquisition, virulence, and efflux of drugs and other toxins.

(Bacterial Secretion System Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The first group is disorders of peroxisome biogenesis which include Zellweger syndrome, and the second group is single peroxisomal enzyme deficiencies.

(Peroxisome Biogenesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)