Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by or pertaining to homophyly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) Relating to homophily.
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- adjective Relating to
homophyly .
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Previous studies revealed that engagement of E-cadherin in homophylic calcium-dependent cell-cell interactions results in rapid PI3K-dependent activation of Akt, indicating that E-cadherin can initiate outside-in signal transducing pathways that regulate the activity of PI3K and Akt
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Eric Haÿ et al. 2009
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