autoamplification

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auto- +‎ amplification

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autoamplification (uncountable)

  1. amplification without external means
    • 2015 July 17, Michaela Riethmüller, Nils Burger, Georg Bauer, “Singlet oxygen treatment of tumor cells triggers extracellular singlet oxygen generation, catalase inactivation and reactivation of intercellular apoptosis-inducing signaling☆”, in Redox Biology[1], volume 6, →DOI:
      This autoamplification of singlet oxygen through versatile usage of tumor cell specific ROS chemistry finally leads to the inactivation of catalase.

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