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- noun Plural form of
syncytium .
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Examples
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APMV-5 strain Kunitachi produced CPE in Vero cells, resulting in cell rounding and detachment as well as the formation of large syncytia observed 3 days post-infection.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arthur S. Samuel et al. 2010
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Temasek Lifesciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Drosophila body wall muscles are multinucleated syncytia formed by successive fusions between a founder myoblast and several fusion competent myoblasts.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Sarada Bulchand et al. 2010
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Drosophila body wall muscles are multinucleated syncytia formed by successive fusions between a founder myoblast and several fusion competent myoblasts.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Sarada Bulchand et al. 2010
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The decrease in the stimulation degree observed at longer times with INr-2 probably results from an increase in cell death and syncytia formation induced by the combination of the peptide and the virus (not shown).
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It is our view that the cell death and syncytia formation observed following infection of INr treated cells results from numerous integration events observed in these cells.
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Furthermore, Nullbasic-expressing cells were protected against HIV-1-induced syncytia formation and cell death, indicating that Nullbasic expression protected cells against a spreading infection.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Luke W. Meredith et al. 2009
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In contrast, a greater than two-log reduction in virus production was observed in the MAGI/Nullbasic-EGFP cell line, with no syncytia formation or cell death being apparent even at the end of the experiment.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Luke W. Meredith et al. 2009
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(†) indicate observations of syncytia and cell death in the MAGI and MAGI/EGFP cell lines at 9 days post-infection.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Luke W. Meredith et al. 2009
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A rapid increase in virus production in both the parental MAGI and MAGI/EGFP cell lines was seen over the first 9 days before syncytia formation and cell death were observed (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Luke W. Meredith et al. 2009
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Lacking membranes, the compartments resemble natural biological oddities called syncytia.
Unscrambled Eggs: Self-Organization Restores Cells’ Order | Quanta Magazine Wynne Parry 2020
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