contractile
Americanadjective
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Origin of contractile
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The process functions like a 'mechanical ratchet', gradually advancing division without requiring a fully closed contractile ring.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2026
The model also predicted how another type of contractile fiber could be targeted by the experimental Src inhibitor WH4023, which they experimentally validated with human cardiac fibroblasts.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
In a paper published today in Nature, researchers report refashioning Photorhabdus’s syringe—called a contractile injection system—so that it can attach to human cells and inject large proteins into them.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 29, 2023
They show bilateral symmetry and remarkable contractile properties.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
They are furnished with a distinct mouth, and adult specimens exhibit star-shaped contractile vesicles in great perfection.
From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Henry J. Slack
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