autoamplification

English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ amplification.

Noun

autoamplification (uncountable)

1. amplification without external means
   • 2015 July 17, Michaela Riethmüller, Nils Burger, Georg Bauer, “Singlet oxygen treatment of tumor cells triggers extracellular singlet oxygen generation, catalase inactivation and reactivation of intercellular apoptosis-inducing signaling☆”, in Redox Biology‎, volume 6, →DOI:

     This autoamplification of singlet oxygen through versatile usage of tumor cell specific ROS chemistry finally leads to the inactivation of catalase.

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