Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or being an organism or substance that is a chimera.
- adjective Relating to a monoclonal antibody produced from the cells of an organism, usually a mouse, in which the constant region has been replaced with a human sequence of amino acids. This is done in the laboratory by replacing part of the DNA sequence in the nonhuman cells of an organism with a sequence of human DNA.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
chimerical .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Chimerical.
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- adjective Like a
chimera . - adjective
Imaginary ,fanciful . - adjective genetics Pertaining to a genetic
chimera .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being or relating to or like a chimera
Etymologies
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Examples
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Duncan BD, Harrison MR, Crombleholme TM, Clemons G, Tavassole, Zanjani ED: Effect of erythropoietic stress on donor hematopoietic cell expression in chimeric rhesus monkeys transplanted in utero.
Fetal Stem Cell Transplantation, In Utero Stemm Cell Publications 2010
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Pretreatment of prenatally transplanted allogeneic marrow with VEGF and SCF delays allograft rejection in chimeric mice.
Fetal Stem Cell Transplantation, In Utero Stemm Cell Publications 2010
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The primary vehicles for introducing fluorescent protein chimeric gene sequences into cells are genetically engineered bacterial plasmids and viral vectors.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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Srour, EF, Zanjani ED, Cornetta K, Traycoff CM, Flake AW, Hedrick M, Brandt JE, Leemhuis T, Hoffman R: Persistence of human multilineage self-renewing lymphohematopoietic stem cells in chimeric sheep.
Fetal Stem Cell Transplantation, In Utero Stemm Cell Publications 2010
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Led by Dr Cristina Tufarelli, in the School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health Sciences, the researchers found that seven of these faulty genetic elements - known as chimeric transcripts - are more common in breast cancer cells.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010
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The researchers, led by Dr Cristina Tufarelli, in the School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health Sciences, discovered that seven of these faulty genetic elements - known as chimeric transcripts - are more common in breast cancer cells.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The delivery system makes use of the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) which has been genetically altered to produce a specific artificial polypeptide known as a chimeric polypeptide.
unknown title 2009
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The delivery system makes use of the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) which has been genetically altered to produce a specific artificial polypeptide known as a chimeric polypeptide.
Nano Tech Wire 2009
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A kind of chimeric fusion of Joan Crawford and George Clinton, de Noailles surrounded herself with young people, and they aided her until the end of her life in her battle against convention of any kind.
A Tale of Two Salons David Netto 2010
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Although he does not draw this conclusion, if great apes have full or near-full moral status, then it is probably impermissible to use them in any kind of chimeric research in which scientists are currently interested.
Human/Non-Human Chimeras Streiffer, Robert 2009
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