infected cell

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infected
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈfek.tɪd/us
/.ɪnˈfek.t̬ɪd/
(of a person or animal) affected by an organism that can ...
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cell
noun[C]
uk
/sel/us
/sel/
the smallest basic unit of a plant ...
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(Definition ofinfectedandcellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The gene expression profile of theinfectedcellis different.
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Infectedcellcultures were frozen and stored in liquid nitrogen, and were then recovered and used to inoculate uninfected cell monolayers.
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A damaged orinfectedcellmight secrete chaperonins to signal a stress to neighbouring cells.
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Selection for clonedinfectedcelllines which could grow in vitro could not be avoided.
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These events may alter the lipids and/or protein-lipid interactions of theinfectedcellouter membrane which later, with other changes, cause increased lipid fluidity in heavily infected cells.
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New phages were released by burst of theinfectedcellafter lysis of host membranes by a peptidoglycan hydrolase.
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Those intestinal cells will then behave like any viralinfectedcell, and will reproduce the insulin protein.
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The enzyme disables a gene responsible for producing a protein involved in the maturation and release of viral particles in aninfectedcell.
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In turn, this induces cell-rounding, cytoskeleton disorganization and apoptosis ininfectedcell.
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Haemagglutin causes red blood cells to clump together and binds the virus to theinfectedcell.
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After the elementary body enters theinfectedcell, an eclipse phase of 20 hours occurs while the infectious particle develops into a reticulate body.
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However, theinfectedcellcan protect neighboring cells from getting infected by releasing interferon.
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This cycle is repeated in each newlyinfectedcell.
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It is expressed on theinfectedcellsurface and incorporated into virions where it is a minor component.
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Gametocytes cause marked enlargement and distortion of theinfectedcellproducing a football-like appearance.
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These are transported to the plasma membrane of the host cell where gp41 anchors gp120 to the membrane of theinfectedcell.
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Viral neuraminidase cleaves terminal neuraminic acid (also called sialic acid) residues from glycan structures on the surface of theinfectedcell.
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