cell specialization

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• cell — cell1 cell like, adj. /sel/, n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. 3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the… …   Universalium

• Specialization — Specialisation, also spelled Specialization, is an important way to generate propositional knowledge, by applying general knowledge, such as the theory of gravity, to specific instances, such as when I release this apple, it will fall to the… …   Wikipedia

• Cell nucleus — HeLa cells stained for the cell nucleus DNA with the Blue Hoechst dye. The central and rightmost cell are in interphase, thus their entire nuclei are labeled. On the left, a cell is going through mitosis and its DNA has condensed ready for… …   Wikipedia

• Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …   Medical dictionary

• Cell, totipotent — A cell with the capacity to form an entire organism. Human development begins when a sperm fertilizes an egg and creates a single totipotent cell. In the first hours after fertilization, this cell divides into identical totipotent cells.… …   Medical dictionary

• specialization — noun 1. the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑specialisation • Derivationally related forms: ↑specialise (for: ↑specialisation), ↑specialize …   Useful english dictionary

• Functional specialization (brain) — This article is about specialization of function among regions of the brain generally. For the particular topic of left right brain specialization, see Lateralization of brain function. Functional specialization suggests that different areas in… …   Wikipedia

• Boettcher cell — Boettcher cells are polyhedral cells on the basilar membrane of the cochlea, and are located beneath Claudius cells. Boettcher cells are considered supporting cells for the organ of Corti, and are present only in the lower turn of the cochlea.… …   Wikipedia

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• control gene — control gene, any of a group of genes that determine cell specialization and development: »Control genes…set the paths of development of cells from egg to adulthood in…the common fruit fly (New York Times) …   Useful english dictionary

• Cellular differentiation — Cell differentiation redirects here. For the journal, see Cell Differentiation (journal). In developmental biology, cellular differentiation is the process by which a less specialized cell becomes a more specialized cell type. Differentiation… …   Wikipedia