Medical Definition of Boyden chamber

1. Simple chamber used to test for chemotaxis, especially of leucocytes. Consists of two compartments separated by a millipore filter (3-8 m pore size), chemotactic factor is placed in one compartment and the gradient develops across the thickness of the filter (ca 150 m). Cell movement into the filter is measured after an incubation period less than the time taken for the gradient to decay. See: checkerboard assay. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boyden Chamber

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Bowyer
Boxer
Boxford
Boxing Day
Boy Scout
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Boyce
Boyce-Codd normal form
Boyd
Boyd communicating perforation veins
Boyden
Boyden's sphincter
Boyden chamber (current term)
Boyer
Boyer's bursa
Boyer's cyst
Boykinia
Boykinia elata
Boykinia occidentalis
Boyle
Boyle's law
Boyne
Boystown
Bozal
Bozals
Bozeman

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