extracellular matrix
collocation in Englishmeaningsofextracellularandmatrix
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extracellular
adjective
uk/ˌek.strəˈsel.jə.lər/us/ˌek.strəˈsel.jə.lɚ/
in the space ...
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matrix
noun
uk/ˈmeɪ.trɪks/us/ˈmeɪ.trɪks/
formal
the set of conditions that provides a system in which something grows ...
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(Definition ofextracellularandmatrixfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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At this stage a slightextracellularmatrixlocalised on the inner face of the trophectoderm cells.
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There was significant sequence homology with a number of glycine-richextracellularmatrixproteins or structural proteins.
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Extracellularmatrix: a tool for defining the extracorporeal function of parasite proteases.
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The effect of chronically elevated intraocular pressure on the rat optic nerve headextracellularmatrix.
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Note the presence of numerous cellular projections andextracellularmatrixdeposition (arrowhead).
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Evidence of changes in biosynthesis and denaturation of theextracellularmatrixwith growth, maturation, aging, and degeneration.
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Composition ofextracellularmatrixis essential to proper organization and function in every tissue, and is synthesized and maintained continuously in healthy tissues.
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The hyaline layer is a collagen-containingextracellularmatrixin sea urchin embryos and reaggregating cells.
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We hypothesize that cellular responses to gravity are in part influenced by specific cellular signaling pathways dependent on integrin adhesion to theextracellularmatrix.
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The dead cells were removed from the system by enzyme degradation, the enzymes being present in theextracellularmatrix.
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Together they are capable of degrading all components of theextracellularmatrix.
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Imaging cells andextracellularmatrixin vivo by using secondharmonic generation and two-photon excited fluorescence.
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Identification of a factor in fetal bovine serum that stabilizes the cumulusextracellularmatrix: a role for a member of the inter-arrypsin inhibitor family.
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It involves changes in at least four cellular processes- cell growth, cell death, cell migration and production or degradation ofextracellularmatrix.
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Instead, this space was packed with an amorphousextracellularmatrix.
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Theextracellularmatrixmay also contain molecules with high solubility in aqueous medium.
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This also involves the differentiation of cytotrophoblasts into the superficial and basal cells and the deposition of fetal fibronectin-richextracellularmatrixat this maternal-fetal interface.
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