promigratory

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pro- +‎ migratory

Adjective[edit]

promigratory (not comparable)

  1. (biology) Promoting migration.
    • 2015 August 3, Chiara Urani et al., “Impact of Cadmium on Intracellular Zinc Levels in HepG2 Cells: Quantitative Evaluations and Molecular Effects”, in BioMed Research International[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      The MET tyrosine kinase receptor (known also as the HGF receptor) promotes, among others, cancer growth and metastasis by conveying proliferative, antiapoptotic, and promigratory signals []