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CELLULAR DIVISION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells
Synonyms:
cell division; cellular division
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("cellular division" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cellular division"):
amitosis (the direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes)
cleavage; segmentation ((embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum)
meiosis; miosis; reduction division ((genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants))
mitosis (cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes)
Context examples:
BI 847325 also binds to and inhibits the activity of the Aurora kinases A, B and C which may disrupt the assembly of the mitotic spindle apparatus, prevent chromosome segregation, and inhibit both cellular division and proliferation in Aurora kinase-overexpressing tumor cells.
(MEK/Aurora Kinase Inhibitor BI 847325, NCI Thesaurus)
Leukocyte Surface Antigen CD47 (323 aa, 35 kD) is a cellular division process protein that is encoded by the human CD47 gene and has roles in positive regulation of cell-cell adhesion, positive regulation of cell proliferation and positive regulation of T cell activation.
(Leukocyte Surface Antigen CD47, NCI Thesaurus)
Aurora kinase inhibitor TTP607 selectively binds to and inhibits Aurora kinases A, B and C, which may result in the disruption of the assembly of the mitotic spindle apparatus, disruption of chromosome segregation, and inhibition of cellular division and proliferation in Aurora kinase-overexpressing tumor cells.
(Aurora Kinase Inhibitor TTP607, NCI Thesaurus)
Aurora B/C kinase inhibitor GSK1070916A binds to and inhibits the activity of Aurora B and C, which may result in inhibition of cellular division and a decrease in the proliferation of tumor cells that overexpress the Aurora kinases B and C. Aurora kinases play essential roles in mitotic checkpoint control during mitosis, and are overexpressed by a wide variety of cancer cell types.
(Aurora B/C kinase inhibitor GSK1070916A, NCI Thesaurus)
