Definition of Somatic cell nuclear transfer

1. Noun. Moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer

somata
somatagnosia
somatalgia
somatasthenia
somatatesthesis
somatesthesia
somatesthetic
somatic
somatic agglutinin
somatic antigen
somatic arteries
somatic cell
somatic cell gene therapy
somatic cell hybridization
somatic cell nuclear transfer (current term)
somatic cell nuclear transplantation
somatic cells
somatic chromosome
somatic crossing-over
somatic death
somatic delusion
somatic hybrid
somatic layer
somatic mesoderm
somatic mitosis
somatic motor neuron
somatic motor nuclei
somatic mutation
somatic mutation theory of cancer

Literary usage of Somatic cell nuclear transfer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mammalian Embryo Genomics by OECD Staff, Oecd, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (2003)
"Mitochondrial genotype of bovine fetuses reconstructed by Bos taurus somatic cell nuclear transfer to Bos Taurus or Bos Indicus oocytes. ..."

2. The Information Universe: Issues in Informing Science and Information by Informing Science Institute, Eli Cohen, Ed. (2006)
"The scientists collected ES cells from an embryo at blastocyst stage, and found that the somatic cell nuclear transfer procedure generated ES cells that ..."

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