- contact inhibition of locomotion
Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.
contact inhibition of locomotion
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non-reciprocal contact inhibition — Collision behaviour between different cell types in which one cell shows contact inhibition of locomotion, and the other does not. An example is the interaction between sarcoma cells and fibroblasts (the former not being inhibited) … Dictionary of molecular biology
density dependent inhibition of growth — The phenomenon exhibited by most normal (anchorage dependent) animal cells in culture that stop dividing once a critical cell density is reached. The critical density is considerably higher for most cells than the density at which a monolayer is… … Dictionary of molecular biology
monolayering of cells — Tendency of animal tissue cells growing on solid surfaces to cover the surface with a complete layer only one cell thick, before growing on top of each other. This non random distribution is generated by contact inhibition of locomotion, a… … Dictionary of molecular biology
overlap index — A measure of the extent to which a population of cells in culture forms multilayers. The predicted amount of overlapping is calculated knowing the cell density, the projected area of the nucleus (usually), and assuming a Poisson distribution. The … Dictionary of molecular biology
S180 — (= sarcoma 180) Highly malignant mouse sarcoma cells, often passaged in ascites form. Used in some of the classical studies on contact inhibition of locomotion … Dictionary of molecular biology
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