animal cell

collocation in English

meaningsofanimalandcell

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animal
adjective
uk
/ˈæn.ɪ.məl/us
/ˈæn.ɪ.məl/
made or obtained from an animal ...
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cell
noun[C]
uk
/sel/us
/sel/
the smallest basic unit of a plant ...
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(Definition ofanimalandcellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The use of expression vectors that target the production of rc-proteins in the milk of transgenic animals is an alternative to microorganisms oranimalcellproduction systems.
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Stem cell techniques are very widely used in human andanimalcellresearch.
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First, we must realise that the human cell, or anyanimalcell, when taken away from the whole organism, can never contract like a muscle, such as a heart muscle.
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Diazepam binds with high affinity to glial cells inanimalcellcultures.
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This compound is synthesized in the nucleus of theanimalcell.
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There were dedicated laboratories for plant molecular biology, genomics and gene sequencing, electron microscopy, use of radiochemicals, microbiology, soil analysis, and plant/animalcellculture.
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In comparison, the plant cell septum and theanimalcellmid-zone are analogous.
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The electrical properties of ananimalcellare determined by the structure of the membrane that surrounds it.
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Biotechnology also writes on the pure biological sciences (animalcellculture, biochemistry, cell biology, embryology, genetics, microbiology, and molecular biology).
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This process is designed to function as the internal workings of organelles within ananimalcell.
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While glycerophospholipids are the major component of biological membranes, other non-glyceride lipid components such as sphingomyelin and sterols (mainly cholesterol inanimalcellmembranes) are also found in biological membranes.
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Polarisation of most animal cells is maintained by microtubules and microfilaments.
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As is the case in most animal cells, the 6-phosphofructokinase reaction appears to be the rate-limiting step in glycolysis of the filarial worm.
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Taken together, the observations point to a mode of spindle development different from what usually happens in animal cells under natural conditions.
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There is no major focus for research, although the field of cell and molecular biology of animal cells predominates.
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In addition, the formation of these larger spindles deviates from the pattern usually seen in animal cells.
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Towards understanding the control of the division cycle in animal cells.
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Although not previously studied in claw tissue, mechanisms of uptake of methionine may be considered in the context of general knowledge of its transmembrane transport in animal cells.
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Such pathways, known to have one to several membraneassociated components in animal cells, have been more difficult to study in plant cells and, consequently, are not as well characterized.
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Cell surface receptors are preferentially localized on a number of human and animal cells differentiated for particular functions.
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