Meanings
adjectivephysioxic (not comparable)
- not comparableDescribing 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
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physioxic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physioxic
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“physioxic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physioxic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “physioxic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physioxic.
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