chimeric

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Sequence comparison between CEACAM3 and other CEACAM family members points to a chimeric origin of this receptor with the bacteria-binding extracellular domain and the function-promoting intracellular domain derived from different genes.

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  • By sealing together two such fragments with the enzyme DNA ligase, novel hybrid-plasmid molecules could be created in which "foreign" DNA inserts were carried in a chimeric or hybrid plasmid, often called a recombinant DNA molecule. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Two bone marrow chimeric mouse groups were generated using TLR2 —  PLoS Medicine: New Articles
  • To investigate whether CD11c+ tumor-infiltrating immune cells originate from bone marrow, we generated bone marrow chimeric mice. —  PLoS Medicine: New Articles
  • TLR2 − / − bone marrow (top); TLR2 − / − irradiated mice were adoptively transferred with WT bone marrow (bottom). 70 d later chimeric animals were implanted with tumor cells and treated with Ad-Flt3L and Ad-TK, 17 d post-tumor implantation. —  PLoS Medicine: New Articles
  • By using functional studies of chimeric TRIM5alpha genes, we show that this patch is generally essential for retroviral restriction and is responsible for most of the species-specific antiretroviral restriction activity. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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  1. from chimera + -ic; = French chimérique = Spanish quimerics = Portuguese chimerico = Italian chimerico.
 

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