somatic
pertaining to the body, for example, somatic mutation in which a stable gene change occurs in a body cell rather than in a germ (reproductive ) cell
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Somatic
1. Pertaining to or characteristic of the soma or body.
2. Pertaining to the body wall in contrast to the viscera.
Somatic mesoderm
[Gr. somatikos - of or for the body]. The cellular layer on the external side of the coelom; formed from the delamination of lateral plate mesoderm. In conjunction with somites, it will later form body wall and limbs.
Somatic Cells
A somatic cell is any cell of the body except sperm and egg cells. Somatic cells are diploid, meaning that they contain two sets of chromosomes, one inherited from each parent.
Somatic Hypermutation (SHM) and Antibody Diversity
The diversifying mechanisms described above take place before the B cell encounters antigen.
somatic cell - any cell in the body that is not a germ cell (reproductive cell).
spindle fibers - protein structures which move the chromosomes during cell division.
Somatic Cell Hybrids: Cultures and DNA. Human/rodent somatic cell hybrids are available as cultures nd purified DNA. For details on their mapping panel, see box.
Somatic cells: Any cell in the body except sex cells.
Template: a single DNA strand that serves as pattern for building a new second strand.
Thymine (T): A base; one of the molecular components of DNA and RNA. Always bonds with adenine (T-A).
somatic cell
[Gk. soma, body]
Any cell in a multicellular organism except a sperm or egg cell.
somatic nervous system ...
somatic cell A cell that is not or will not become a gamete; the cells of the body.
somatic senses All senses except vision, hearing, taste, and smell; include pain, temperature, and pressure.
Somatic cells: Cells of body tissues other than the germline.
Splicing: See gene splicing.
StarLinkTM: An insect-resistant variety of corn that was approved for animal feed only, not labeled for human consumption.
Somatic cell A cell which is not on the lineage from which gametes are made. (see germline)
Somatic cell genetics The study of genes using hybrids (fusions) between the somatic cells of different species.
Somatic cell gene therapy. The repair or replacement of a defective gene within somatic tissue. (See Somatic cell.)
Somatotrophin. See Human growth hormone.
Southern blotting. See Southern hybridization.
somatic cell
any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells.
somite
A serial segment of the animal body.
[edit] Somatic cell gene therapy
In somatic cell gene therapy, the gene is introduced only in somatic cells, especially of these tissues in which expression of the concerned gene is critical for health.
Somatic hybrid
A hybrid cell line derived from fusion of cells from different sources. Human/rodent hybrids containing small amount of human genetic material such as a single chromosome are used in human gene mapping.
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Hybrid ...
Somatic cell
Any cell in the body except gametes and their precursors.
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Gamete
Mature male or female reproductive cell (sperm or ovum) with a haploid set of chromosomes (23 for humans).
Somatic gene therapy can be broadly split in to two categories: ex vivo (where cells are modified outside the body and then transplanted back in again) and in vivo (where genes are changed in cells still in the body.) Recombination-based approaches ...
Somatic growth. Growth of the body, exclusive of gametes
Sorting (of a sediment). The range of scatter of particle sizes about the median grain size of a sediment
Space limited. Description of a situation in which space is a limiting resource ...
somatic cell Ordinary body cell; pertaining to or characteristic of a body cell. Any cell other than a germ cell or germ-cell precursor.
The Somatic Nervous System (SNS) includes all nerves controlling the muscular system and external sensory receptors. External sense organs (including skin) are receptors. Muscle fibers and gland cells are effectors.
The somatic sensory fibers of the vagus, the glossopharyngeal and the facial nerves probably end in the nucleus of the descending tract of the trigeminal and their cortical impulses are probably carried up in the central sensory path of the ...
Problem 12: Somatic cell hybrids
By examining a number of somatic-cell hybrid lines for enzyme activities and their human chromosome constitution, scientists can determine
A. ...
Mutations: Somatic and Germinal, Single Gene and Chromosomal
P 68-73, 76-7, 316-35
T Ch 9, 16
Gene mutations, cancer, gonadal mosaicism and sporadics, polymorphisms, allelic and locus heterogeneity, VNTRs, STRs ...
archeocyte - somatic cell of sponge that can differentiate into all three other cell types of the organism.
aster - radiating formation of microtubules at each pole of a spindle apparatus, formed during mitosis; comes from word meaning "star.
See Somatic cell. Germ cell (germ line) gene therapy. The repair or re- placement of a defective gene within the gamete-forming tissues, which produces a heritable change in an organism's genetic constitution. GMO. Genetically modified organism.
Barr body -- the condensed single X-chromosome seen in the nuclei of somatic cells of female mammals. base pair a pair of hydrogen-bonded nitrogenous bases (one purine and one pyrimidine) that join the component strands of the DNA double helix.
Later a mutation occurs in the second copy of the gene in a somatic cell. In that cell both copies of the gene are mutated and the cell develops uncontrolled growth.
Cloned Rabbits Produced by Nuclear Transfer from Adult Somatic Cells - Article from the April 2002 issue of Nature Biotechnology.
Endangered wild sheep clone reported to be healthy - Article from the Genome News Network (October 12, 2001).
FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization) A physical mapping approach that uses fluorescein tags to detect hybridization of probes with metaphase chromosomes and with the less-condensed somatic interphase chromatin.
Barr body: Also called sex-chromatin body, which represents the inactivated X chromosome in the nucleus of somatic mammalian cells. Normally only seen in female cells and not in male cells.
vegetable - 1. asexual; somatic (Glossary of PM); 2. any plant, as distinguished from animal or inorganic matter (Webster)
venation - the manner in which veins are arranged as of insects' wings (Webster) ...
Telomerase is usually found in cells involved in the production of gametes. It is not normally found in somatic cells.
Cyclin-Dependent Kinases
Some cells stop dividing in G1; others stop in G2.
A theory to account for the high degree of antibody variability found in population. The germ-line theory suggests that every B lymphocyte has all the genes for every type of immunoglobulin but transcribes only one. See somatic mutation theory.
 See also: Human, Cells, Cell, Trans, Organ
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