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primordium

[prahy-mawr-dee-uhm] / praɪˈmɔr di əm /


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These embryonic pluripotent cells within the facial primordium -- the early development form -- may be necessary for forming proper facial structures.

From Science Daily Apr. 11, 2024

Published online December 13 in Current Biology, the new work reveals how the cells in the primordium use a protein called RhoA to trigger forces that move the group into place in the developing embryo.

From Science Daily Dec. 13, 2023

"Our findings suggest that RhoA-induced actin flow on the basal sides of cells constitutes the motor that pulls the primordium forward, a scenario that likely underlies the movement of many cell groups," added Dr. Knaut.

From Science Daily Dec. 13, 2023

The current study found that the cells in the primordium instead activate RhoA in pulses in the front of the cells where it does two jobs.

From Science Daily Dec. 13, 2023

These pits are not isolated, but are connected by an ectodermal ridge, which grows in at the margin of the mantle and forms a continuous band somewhat resembling the ectodermal primordium of vertebrate teeth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

Our data indicate that mature LTi cell numbers regulate the size of SLO primordia and may determine lymphoid organ size in adulthood.

From Nature Apr. 4, 2014

Bach was able to do this, and what emerged in the current were primordia in music.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

No wonder that at a time of such turbulence fine society also should have shown the primordia of a great change.

From The Works of Max Beerbohm by Sir Max Beerbohm

In doing so I must go back to the primordia of the Church in this Diocese.

From Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. by Diocese Of Connecticut

We may call these "primordia viventium" plastide particles, bioplasts, vital units, or whatsoever we will,--the name is nothing, the working process is everything.

From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright




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