progenitor cell

Scientific  

/ prō-jĕn′ĭ-tər /

1. See stem cell

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Example Sentences

The title of the research paper is "Epistatic Interactions between NMD and TRP53 Control Progenitor Cell Maintenance and Brain Size."

From Science Daily

During development, only a specific set of genes is activated in a single progenitor cell.

From Science Daily

A remarkable finding is that each endometrial gland seems to be clonal — that is, all the cells in the gland are derived from a single epithelial progenitor cell.

From Nature

Five years ago, researchers debunked the idea that one type of heart stem cell, called a cardiac progenitor cell, was a stem cell at all.

From Washington Post

Investigating how mutations in a progenitor cell affect its gene expression, and thus its identity and function, has been highly challenging, largely because mutant cells can be rare and often do not express molecular markers that can be used to separate them physically from non-mutant cells.

From Nature