totipotent是什么意思

2024-02-15 13:25:17

totipotent

美[toʊtɪpətənt] 英[təʊtɪpətənt]

adj. (细胞)全能的

Adjective

having the ability to give rise to unlike cells;
"embryonic stem cells are totipotent"

用作形容词(adj.)

So, if a mouse is born from a stem cell injected into a tetraploid blastocyst, that stem cell must have been totipotent.所以如果一只老鼠诞生自注射过干细胞的四倍体晶泡，那么干细胞就是全能的。
But to make a true clone a cell needs to be not just pluripotent, but totipotent and thus able to turn into an entire animal.但是为制作真正的克隆，一个细胞不仅要是多功能的，还必须是全能的，进而能转化成完整的动物。