| cytokinin |
Plant growth regulators (hormones) characterized as substances that induce cell division and cell differentiation (eg, BA, kinetin, and 2-iP). In tissue culture, these substances are associated with enhanced callus and shoot development. The compounds are derivatives of adenine.
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| cytogenetics |
Area of biology concerned with chromosomes and their implications in genetics, cellular activity and variability.
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| cytokine |
In immunology, any of many soluble molecules that cells produce to control reactions between other cells.
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| cytokinesis |
Cytoplasmic division and other changes exclusive of nuclear division that are a part of mitosis or meiosis. See cell division.
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| cytochalasin |
Any of a group of fungal metabolites that interfere with the assembly and diassembly of actin filaments. One of the consequences of treating cells with these agents is that cleavage of the cytoplasm after nuclear division is prevented.
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