apical

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Each point of the ingrowing lines of the échelon has usually one cell further advanced into the corium than its neighbours, and may be termed the apical cell_.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, located at, or constituting an apex.
  2. adjective Linguistics Of, relating to, or articulated with the tip of the tongue, as (t), (d), and (s).

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  • Atp8b1-deficient mice display a dramatic increase in the biliary extraction of cholesterol from the canalicular (apical) membrane of the hepatocyte. —  Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue
  • Easily heard throughout the cardiac cycle in the lower sternum and apical areas. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • NHERFs are the best-studied apical PDZ proteins that are highly expressed in epithelial cells. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Most of the transporters showing direct interaction potential with the PDZ domain-containing proteins are expressed on apical membranes in epithelial cells of kidney and / or small intestine, implying that such protein-protein interaction may play a role in apical localization of the transporters. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Mutations within the PDZ-binding motif lead to the mislocalization of syndecan-1 to the apical surface. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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  1. From Latin apex, apic-, top.

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  1. from Latin apex (apic-), apex, + -al.
 

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/ˈæpɪkəl/
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