physioxic en · ADJ
Etymology
From physio- + oxic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Describing physiological levels, or usage of oxygen
Though, we speculate that mESCs, which have been derived under 20% O 2, adapted their potential to remain pluripotent and plastic by expressing Master and Pluri genes at higher levels than needed under physioxic conditions (3% O 2 ).
2016 January 6, “Murine Embryonic Stem Cell Plasticity Is Regulated through Klf5 and Maintained by Metalloproteinase MMP1 and Hypoxia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: