mature cell

collocation in English

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mature
adjective
uk
/məˈtʃʊər/us
/məˈtʊr/
Mature people behave like adults in a way that shows they are well ...
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cell
noun[C]
uk
/sel/us
/sel/
the smallest basic unit of a plant ...
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(Definition ofmatureandcellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As the onlymaturecelltype in the brain exhibiting significant mitotic activity, microglia might be subject to replicative senescence.
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Depending on the type of injury and the relative need for replacement of severalmaturecelltypes, appropriate mixes of lineage-restricted precursors can be utilized for transplantation.
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Progenitors can go through several rounds of cell division before terminally differentiating into amaturecell.
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They can be extracted, cultured, and induced to differentiate intomaturecelltypes such as neurons.
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As it turns out, epigenetic processes play a crucial role in regulating the decision to adopt a stem, progenitor, ormaturecellfate.
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Progenitors can go through several rounds of cell division before finally differentiating into amaturecell.
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Parasites invade mature cells for a brief period around days 3-4 after infection with blood forms, but fail to thrive in this cell-type.
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The counts made included both immature and mature cells.
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However, there was no evidence of more mature cells beyond the round spermatid stage.
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The primary function of this transit population is to increase the number of mature cells produced by each stem cell division.
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Entry of parasites into mature cells does not appear to require this mutation.
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The parasites initially invade reticulocytes and enter mature cells around days 3-4.
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From the fact that aleurone layer cells are alive in mature cells, it follows that these cells are desiccation tolerant.
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Parasite lines in which less than 10 % of parasites occurred in mature cells on day 6 were classed as avirulent.
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Self-renewing tissues in general share the common feature of having a small stem-cell population supplying large numbers of mature cells through a series of intermediate progenitor and maturing cell populations.
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This species appears to infect only mature cells.
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Neutrophils have two types of granules; primary (azurophilic) granules (found in young cells) and specific granules (which are found in more mature cells).
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Mature cells of the nodule are filled with bacterial filaments that actively fix nitrogen.
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There are two forms of plasmodesmata: primary plasmodesmata, which are formed during cell division, and secondary plasmodesmata, which can form between mature cells.
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