density dependent inhibition of growth
- density dependent inhibition of growth
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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 formed; for this reason, most
cell behaviourists prefer the term
density dependent inhibition of growth as this avoids any confusion with contact inhibition of locomotion,
a totally different phenomenon that is contact dependent.
Dictionary of molecular biology.
2004.
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