- multipotency
-
The ability of a progenitor cell to develop into a limited number of cell types
Wikipedia foundation.
multipotency
Look at other dictionaries:
Multipotency — Multipotent progenitor cells can give rise to several other cell types, but those types are limited in number. An example of a multipotent stem cell is a hematopoietic cell a blood stem cell that can develop into several types of blood cells, but … Wikipedia
Hematopoietic stem cell — HSC=Hematopoietic stem cell, Progenitor=Progenitor cell, L blast=Lymphoblast, Lymphocyte, Mo blast=Monoblast, Monocyte, Myeloblast … Wikipedia
Mesenchymal stem cell — showing typical ultrastructural morphology. Latin cellula mesenchymatica precursoria Code TH H2 … Wikipedia
Neural crest — The formation of neural crest during the process of neurulation. Neural crest is first induced in the region of the neural plate border. After neural tube closure, neural crest delaminates from the region between the dorsal neural tube and… … Wikipedia
Cell potency — Pluripotent, embryonic stem cells originate as inner mass cells within a blastocyst. The stem cells can become any tissue in the body, excluding a placenta. Only the morula s cells are totipotent, able to become all tissues and a placenta. The… … Wikipedia
Epigenetics — In biology, the term epigenetics refers to changes in gene expression caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence. These changes may remain through cell divisions for the remainder of the cell s life and may also last… … Wikipedia
Adult stem cell — Adult stem cells are undifferentiated cells found throughout the body after embryonic development that divide to replenish dying cells and regenerate damaged tissues. Also known as somatic (from Greek Σωματικóς, of the body ) stem cells, they can … Wikipedia
CD146 — Melanoma cell adhesion molecule Identifiers Symbols MCAM; CD146; MUC18 External IDs … Wikipedia
multipotent — adjective a) Having the power to do many different things b) Describing a cell that can give rise to a limited number of several different types of cell See Also: multipotency … Wiktionary
Меланобласты — Нарушение хода миграции и дифференцировки меланобластов одна из причин пегой окраски животных. На фотографии обыкновенный гракл, оперение которого в норме окрашено в чёрный. Ме … Википедия
