Definitions

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  • verb To regulate itself or oneself

Etymologies

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auto- +‎ regulate

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Examples

  • We tested whether FGF8 could autoregulate two of its cognate receptors,

    Elites TV PLoS ONE 2010

  • [25] and it has been shown that the esr1 gene has a capacity to autoregulate itself in cells of liver origin both in mammals and in fish

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Gayathri Chandrasekar et al. 2010

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