terminal differentiation

collocation in English

meaningsofterminalanddifferentiation

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terminal
adjective
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/ˈtɜː.mɪ.nəl/us
/ˈtɝː.mə.nəl/
(of a disease or illness) leading gradually ...
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differentiation
noun
uk
/ˌdɪf.ər.en.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌdɪf.ə.ren.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
the act of showing or finding difference between things that ...
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As a result, it is important that theirterminaldifferentiationis inhibited until they reach their final destination.
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Transcription of meiotic cell cycle andterminaldifferentiationgenes depends on a conserved chromatin associated protein, whose nuclear localisation is regulated.
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They repress specification andterminaldifferentiationof oligodendrocytes and influence their migration patterns.
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In the course of this pathway cells pass from a maintenance state through mitotic divisions, meiosis and finallyterminaldifferentiation.
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Thus, the plptg/- mouse is important for studying the cause of failedterminaldifferentiationof oligodendrocytes in late-onset, chronic demyelination disease.
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This coincidence is significant because the genes located in this complex are crucially involved interminaldifferentiationof the epidermis and formation of an effective skin barrier.
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New epidermal basal cells subsequently detach from the basement membrane and begin the process ofterminaldifferentiation.
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Erythropoietin, a growth factor, is added, coaxing the stem cells to completeterminaldifferentiationinto red blood cells.
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This protein plays a role in theterminaldifferentiationof somatotroph and lactotroph cell phenotypes.
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The signaling of bmp4 may potentially control expression ofterminaldifferentiationmolecules such as keratins.
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In neural precursor cells, high levels of geminin preventterminaldifferentiation.
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The encoded protein may be essential forterminaldifferentiationand functional maturation of committed granulocyte progenitor cells.
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Chondrocytes undergoterminaldifferentiationwhen they become hypertrophic, which happens during endochondral ossification.
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They are thought to stimulate cell proliferation and suppressterminaldifferentiationof specific cell types during embryonic development.
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The subsets of cytokeratins which an epithelial cell expresses depends mainly on the type of epithelium, the moment in the course ofterminaldifferentiationand the stage of development.
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