Definitions
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- noun The branch of biochemistry that deals with the study of the chemical composition and activity of cells.
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- noun biochemistry the
biochemistry ofcells , especially that of themacromolecules responsible for cellstructure andfunction
Etymologies
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cyto- + chemistry
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Examples
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Representative immune cytochemistry staining of spheroids structures, grown for 9 or 14 days in Matrigel, using antibodies against the basal-lamina component laminin beta 1 (LAMB1), and the mesenchymal markers vimentin (VIM), and fibronectin (FN).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ville Härmä et al. 2010
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Thirdly, streptavidin can be covalently labelled with fluorochromes and used directly in fluoro-cytochemistry staining.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yang O. Zhao et al. 2010
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New TSA ™ Plus biotin kits - increasing sensitivity of histo - and cytochemistry as much as 10 to 20 times.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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