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  • noun Plural form of explant.

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  • By forming small wounds in "explants" of the stem cell tissue, scientists are able to stimulate large cell masses known as calluses, which contain the "unprogrammed" and undifferentiated cells of the plant.

    PR.com Press Releases Inc. G.S. Cosmeceutical USA 2010

  • By forming small wounds in "explants" of the stem cell tissue, scientists are able to stimulate large cell masses known as calluses, which contain the "unprogrammed" and undifferentiated cells of the plant.

    MMD Newswire: Press Release News Wire 2010

  • By forming small wounds in "explants" of the stem cell tissue, scientists are able to stimulate large cell masses known as calluses, which contain the "unprogrammed" and undifferentiated cells of the plant.

    PR.com Press Releases Inc. G.S. Cosmeceutical USA 2010

  • By forming small wounds in "explants" of the stem cell tissue, scientists are able to stimulate large cell masses known as calluses, which contain the "unprogrammed" and undifferentiated cells of the plant.

    PR.com Press Releases Inc. G.S. Cosmeceutical USA 2010

  • When I cultured these blastocysts as explants in tissue culture, using a medium that had been honed for optimum cloning efficiency of both mouse and human EC cells, I immediately noted an outgrowth of EC-like cells.

    The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information 2007

  • Shoot tip explants from standing trees were treated with benzyl aminopurine, kinetin and casein hydrolysate to promote shoot proliferation.

    Chapter 6 1994

  • Once the explants are established and axillary bud development enhanced, the cultures can be subcultured for many generations, resulting in increased shoot formation.

    1. Household gardening projects in asia: past experience and future directions 1992

  • Through tissue culture, rattan explants can also be used.

    Chapter 13 1992

  • The primary goals of the in vitro propagation of vegetable crops include production of large numbers of plantlets from species in which plant development from seed is difficult, clonal propagation of a large number of genetically identical plantlets, production of virus-free materials, crop improvement through various techniques of genetic modification, enhanced axillary branching using stem tips and lateral buds as the explants, an adventitious shoot formation.

    1. Household gardening projects in asia: past experience and future directions 1992

  • The reports include information about confirmed malfunctions, total number of explants, and total number of devices used.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

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