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Target cell

target cell

An erythrocyte in target cell anaemia, with a dark centre surrounded by a light band that again is encircled by a darker ring; it thus resembles a shooting target; such cell's also appear after splenectomy.

A cell lysed by cytotoxic t lymphocytes, as in graft rejection.

Synonym: mexican hat cell.


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Re: Re:

... as chemical (DDT, CCL4), radiation, ionizing etc. It mutate the DNA in cell. If only a single is mutated, it can be replicated as usual in mitosis. ... cancer cells later when its their turn. Also, since both treatments target dividing cells they are harmful to all the rapidly dividing cells ...

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by Ahsmeah
Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:10 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Cancer = Mutation: Stopping Mutation Would Cure Cancer?
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Re: Re:

... as chemical (DDT, CCL4), radiation, ionizing etc. It mutate the DNA in cell. If only a single is mutated, it can be replicated as usual in mitosis. ... cancer cells later when its their turn. Also, since both treatments target dividing cells they are harmful to all the rapidly dividing cells ...

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by biohazard
Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:23 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Cancer = Mutation: Stopping Mutation Would Cure Cancer?
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Re: About viral diseases...

... entities used in the treatment of bacterial diseases. Antibiotics target the cell wall and replicating proteins of the bacteria to destroy (lyse) them.

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by rtom
Sun Jul 29, 2012 9:59 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: About viral diseases...
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Idea to determine order of assembly of spliceosome

... and roughly determine the size of my marked RNA 5. Add RNA to mammalian cell extracts, e.g. HeLa 6. While the RNA undergoes maturing, I collect samples ... the mass or other physical properties of the snRNP:s, thus the "target bar" is unknown to us prior to the appearance of incremental ...

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by nukeman
Mon May 28, 2012 7:48 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Idea to determine order of assembly of spliceosome
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Question about viruses (particularly hiv)

... in order to cause a human disease the virus must be able to bind its target molecule on a human cell, enter the cell and produce copies of itself. Finally, it must be able to escape the cell ...

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by biohazard
Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:02 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Question about viruses (particularly hiv)
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