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Definition of Explant
1. Noun. (botany) Any portion taken from a plant that will be used to initiate a culture. It can be a portion of the shoot or of the leaves or even just some cells. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Explant
1. to remove from the natural site of growth and place in a medium [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Explant
1. Living tissue transferred from an organism to an artificial medium for culture. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Explant
Literary usage of Explant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"explant/SLICE CULTURES. Organo- typic cultures are ... explant/slice cultures
originate from animals; although a number of slices can be obtained from any ..."
2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The number of arrested metaphases in 1000-2000 cells per explant was counted and
the mitotic index (MI) for each explant was estimated. From each explant ..."
3. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1921)
"This would also account for the striking fact that in all of these cultures the
cells nearest the explant were the first to die. ..."
4. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"Initially, cells migrate from the explant, attach to the substrate, grow, and
divide. ... For human skin, the first cells that migrate from the explant are ..."
5. Forest and Conservation Nursery Associations: 1994 National Proceedings by Thomas D. Landis (1996)
"The potential explant (starting material) for a propagation trial could consist
of a shoot tip, shoot segment, leaf, petiole, flower, or embryo. ..."
6. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"Rats may harbor infectious virus (as determined by explant culture) for about 14
... KRV and TH-1 can be most effectively isolated by explant culture of ..."
7. Proceedings of the Scientific Workshop on the Health Effects of Electric and by Philip J. Bierbaum (1994)
"The effect of the 1 Hz pulsed electric field on fibroblast proliferation was also
dependent upon orientation of the explant with respect to the electric ..."
8. DNA Fingerprinting and Plants (Including Pathogens): Sponsored CRIS/ICAR by Andrew Kalinski (1994)
"This success was the result of intensive studies that examined various genotypes,
combination of chemicals, developmental stages of the explants, explant ..."
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