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Migrate

migrate

1. To remove from one country or region to another, with a view to residence; to change one's place of residence; to remove; as, the moors who migrated from Africa into Spain; to migrate to the west.

2. To pass periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding; said of certain birds, fishes, and quadrupeds.

Origin: L. Migratus, p. P. Of migrare to migrate, transfer.


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T cell differentiation

In a nutshell, T cells (or their progenitors, rather) first divide actively and start to differentiate in the bone marrow, then migrate to thymus where they continue to mature (including T cell receptor assembly, psoitive and negative selection, double CD4+/CD8+ phase etc.) and then move ...

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by biohazard
Fri May 08, 2009 6:53 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: T cell differentiation
Replies: 12
Views: 2252

Re: T cell differentiation

So after they have been activated in the lymph nodes they travel to the thymus where they differentiate and then migrate to infected tissue If anyone knows of a source which provides a good overview of this please let me know. I dont want to sound lazy because I have looked around ...

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by Immunologyordie
Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:23 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: T cell differentiation
Replies: 12
Views: 2252

T cell differentiation

... in the lymph nodes it differentiates into Th and Tc. Tc go off to the inflamed tissue and Th cells diferentiate into Th1 and Th2 and the Th2 migrate to the B cell follicle to activate B cells, while other Th2 and Th1 cells go to the tissuses. However I think it might be that the Th cells ...

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by Immunologyordie
Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:25 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: T cell differentiation
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Views: 2252

metastasis

migration - invasion scattering - emt Could you make a clear difference between the terms above? I think cells migrate, and the tumor invades. Other than that, there is no difference, although a lot of sources force unclear differences to distinguish between those. Cell scattering ...

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by kk
Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:34 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: metastasis
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Views: 304

Glycine in Western Blot buffers

... in between them in a "moving boundary." Once the pH 9 resolving gel is reached, glycine passes the protein sample because it ionizes and migrates faster. With the boundary gone, the protein can migrate by length/charge. I'm no good at pchem so this explanation may be bunk, but I picture ...

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by snowcapk
Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:00 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Glycine in Western Blot buffers
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