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enterocytes

enterocytes is the plural of enterocyte.

Meaning of enterocyte

Noun

enterocyte (plural enterocytes)

  1. A cell found in the lining of the intestines and colon, participating in absorption of nutrients and secretion of digestive enzymes.
    • ISCs signal to their daughters by Delta-Notch signaling to specify enterocyte versus enteroendocrine cell fate, but the pathway must remain inactive in the ISCs themselves to avoid differentiation.2009 January 9, Michael Buszczak et al., “Drosophila Stem Cells Share a Common Requirement for the Histone H2B Ubiquitin Protease Scrawny”, in Science, volume 323, number 5911

Questions about enterocytes

What is enterocytes the plural of?
Enterocytes is the plural of enterocyte.

Words near enterocytes in the dictionary

  1. enterocystomata
  2. enterocystoplasties
  3. enterocystoplasty
  4. enterocysts
  5. enterocyte
  6. enterocytes
  7. enterocytic
  8. enterodial
  9. enterodiol
  10. enterodynia
  11. enteroendocrine

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