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ECM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum
Synonyms:
ECM; electronic countermeasures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ECM" is a kind of...):
electronic warfare; EW (military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ECM"):
electronic deception (the deliberate use of electromagnetic energy in a manner intended to convey misleading information)
electronic jamming; jam; jamming (deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems)
Context examples:
The plasma form is synthesized by hepatocytes, and the ECM form is made by fibroblasts, chondrocytes, endothelial cells, macrophages, as well as certain epithelial cells.
(Fibronectin, NCI Thesaurus)
Specific interactions between cells and the ECM are mediated by transmembrane molecules, mainly integrins and perhaps also proteoglycans, CD36, or other cell-surface-associated components.
(ECM-Receptor Interaction Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
Actin reorganization assists integrin clustering, allowing more ECM binding that increase FAK phosphorylation and other signal transduction events.
(Extracellular Matrix Binding Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The resilience and strength of bone is due to the orderly mineralization of a specialized extracellular matrix (ECM) composed of type I collagen (90%) and a host of non-collagenous proteins that are, in general, also found in other tissues.
(Function of SLRP in Bone Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The extracellular matrix (ECM) consists of a complex mixture of structural and functional macromolecules and serves an important role in tissue and organ morphogenesis and in the maintenance of cell and tissue structure and function.
(ECM-Receptor Interaction Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
