Definitions

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  • noun medicine, microbiology A membrane insert used for cell cultures, between agar wells.

Etymologies

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trans- +‎ well, originally from the Transwell brand of inserts.

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Examples

  • Similar amounts of cleaved CXCL12 were also detected in the upper compartment of the transwell.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2010

  • Black bars, TCA resistant radioactivity recovered from the lower part of the transwell; grey bars, radioactivity which was precipitated with TCA.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ulrike Naumann et al. 2010

  • Similar amounts of cleaved CXCL12 were also detected in the upper compartment of the transwell.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ulrike Naumann et al. 2010

  • Black bars, TCA resistant radioactivity recovered from the lower part of the transwell; grey bars, radioactivity which was precipitated with TCA.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2010

  • Black bars, TCA resistant radioactivity recovered from the lower part of the transwell; grey bars, radioactivity which was precipitated with TCA.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ulrike Naumann et al. 2010

  • Similar amounts of cleaved CXCL12 were also detected in the upper compartment of the transwell.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ulrike Naumann et al. 2010

  • Columbia University, New York, NY, included material covering research relating to kinesin spindle protein (KSP), including analyses that demonstrate that Cytokinetics 'drug candidate ispinesib, an inhibitor of KSP, blocks transwell migration and reduces glioma cell motility.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

  • Migration and invasion potentials were examined using transwell membrane assays.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Hye-Sun Choi 2010

  • Alveolar epithelial cells were isolated and plated on fibronectin-coated flexible membranes or permeable, non-flexible transwell substrates.

    Elites TV 2010

  • Black bars, TCA resistant radioactivity recovered from the lower part of the transwell; grey bars, radioactivity which was precipitated with TCA.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ulrike Naumann et al. 2010

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