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- noun Plural form of
heterokaryon .
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Examples
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To that end, Fisher and her lab have been making heterokaryons-fusing together mouse ES cells and human B cells.
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"Mandy is always taking a unique angle on things;" in this case, using heterokaryons to determine which genes are key for nuclear reprogramming.
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What's more, the heterokaryons themselves assumed the morphology of the ruling cell type - flat and roundish like skin cells or long and skinny like muscle cells.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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In heterokaryons, the nuclei of each cell type remains distinct, and the influence of one on the nature of the other can be clearly distinguished.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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She and her laboratory members fused mouse muscle cells with human skin cells to create hybrids called heterokaryons.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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What's more, the heterokaryons themselves assumed the morphology of the ruling cell type - flat and roundish like skin cells or long and skinny like muscle cells.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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She and her laboratory members fused mouse muscle cells with human skin cells to create hybrids called heterokaryons.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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