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syncytium (/sɪnˈsɪʃiəm/; pl.:
syncytia; from Gr****: σύν syn "together" and κύτος
kytos "box, i.e. cell") or
symplasm is a
multinucleate cell that can...
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depending on the
mechanism by
which they are formed, can be
divided into "
syncytia" (formed by cell fusion) or "coenocytes" (formed by
nuclear division not...
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other substances.
Instead of choanocytes,
these bridges have
further syncytia,
known as choanosyncytia,
which form bell-shaped
chambers where water enters...
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include rounding of the
infected cell,
fusion with
adjacent cells to form
syncytia, and the
appearance of
nuclear or
cytoplasmic inclusion bodies. CPEs and...
- and may be
individual or fused. The main
components of
their bodies are
syncytia in
which large numbers of cell
share a
single external membrane. Calcarea...
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fusion of the host and
viral cellular membranes,
eventually forming syncytia.
Initially the F
protein is in an
inactive form (F0) but can be cleaved...
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chemokine co-receptors. Macrophage-tropic (M-tropic)
strains of HIV-1, or non-
syncytia-inducing
strains (NSI; now
called R5 viruses) use the β-chemokine receptor...
- single-stranded RNA virus. Its name is
derived from the
large cells known as
syncytia that form when
infected cells fuse. RSV is a
common cause of respiratory...
- may be
formed and
possess either one
enormous nucleus or
several nuclei (
syncytia).
Anaplastic nuclei are
variable and
bizarre in size and shape. The chromatin...
- One-to-two days
after transfection,
numerous multinucleated giant cells, or
syncytia, had formed,
indicating the HERV-W env gene can
cause homotypic and heterotypic...
