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mutant an animal, organism, or gene that has undergone mutation mutant [′myüt·ənt] (genetics) An individual bearing an allele that has undergone mutation and is expressed in the phenotype.
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The forward primer was designed from the conserved region common to both wild-type and mutant strains; the reverse primers were designed specifically for wild-type and mutant strains, respectively, derived from the 3' terminal base of each primer. Similar amounts of wild-type and mutant AQP9s were detected in the yeast membranes by immunoblotting (data not shown). Through the company's research and development work, Baxter has been successful in growing wild-type virus in its vero-cell culture, which means that the company could begin vaccine production without having to wait for high-growth or attenuated virus reassortants normally used when vaccine is produced in eggs. |
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