Sentences with phrase «small cytoplasmic»

NK cells kill infected cells by releasing small cytoplasmic granules that trigger cell death (apoptosis).

They kill cells by releasing small cytoplasmic granules of proteins called perforin and granzyme that cause the target cell to die by apoptosis (programmed cell death).

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Total 4E - BP1 and p - 4E - BP1 was predominantly cytoplasmic, although additional nuclear localization was seen in a small subset of tumor cells.

As outlined below, we used a microfluidic quantitative PCR (qPCR) system to elucidate the gene expression profiles of individual human oocytes and small numbers of cumulus cells using a combination of a large number of samples and targets [12], and then extended our studies via the use of parthenogenesis, in conjunction with gene expression profiling, as a functional assay of cytoplasmic maturation of oocytes.