BIOGENESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biogenesis mean? 

• BIOGENESIS (noun)
  The noun BIOGENESIS has 2 senses:

1. production of a chemical compound by a living organism

2. the production of living organisms from other living organisms

  Familiarity information: BIOGENESIS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIOGENESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Production of a chemical compound by a living organism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

biogenesis; biosynthesis

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The production of living organisms from other living organisms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

biogenesis; biogeny

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)

 Context examples 

Potentially influencing energy balance, NO can trigger cGMP-dependent mitochondrial biogenesis mediated by induction of the master regulator PPARGC1.

(Nitric Oxide Synthetase, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes serine/threonine-protein kinase mTOR protein, is involved in translational control and the regulation of ribosome biogenesis.

(MTOR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(FGF7 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also involved in cell organization/biogenesis.

(NUMA1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The biogenesis of peroxisomes starts with the early peroxins PEX3, PEX16 and PEX19 and proceeds via several steps.

(Peroxisome Biogenesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

This gene is involved in signal transduction and cell organization/biogenesis.

(PI4KB Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

PGC-1a has been implicated in mitochondrial biogenesis in the heart and increased mitochondrial respiration in brown fat.

(PGC1a Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

It also plays a role in cellular biogenesis, organization and proliferation.

(FGF10 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the heparin/heparin sulfate biosynthesis, cell organization/biogenesis and development of the cytoskeleton in chondrocytes.

(EXT2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in cell organization/biogenesis and the inhibition of apoptosis.

(BRAF gene, NCI Thesaurus)