Lexic.us

2. Verb. (biology) To culture together, usually with another type of cell ¹

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Definition of Coculture

1. [v -TURED, -TURING, -TURES]

Medical Definition of Coculture

1. Growth of distinct cell types in a combined culture. In order to get some cells to grow at low (clonal) density it is sometimes helpful to grow them together with a feeder layer of macrophages or irradiated cells. The mixing of different cell types in culture is otherwise normally avoided, although it is possible that this could prove an informative approach to modelling interactions in vivo. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Coculture

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1. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plant Vectors: Bibliography January by Lara Wiggert (1995)
"... Vectors Abstract: A two step selection procedure is described for high frequency transformation and regeneration of transgenic plants by coculture of ..."

2. Transgenic Animals: Bibliography January 1991-February 1994 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"coculture of zygotes in MO resulted in a higher CI (P < .01) than did culture in KRB. Culture in MO for 72 h was the most beneficial system compared with MO ..."

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