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juxtracrine

juxtracrine adjective: relating to any form of signalling in multicellular organisms that requires close contact.

Adjective

juxtracrine (not comparable)

  1. Relating to any form of signalling in multicellular organisms that requires close contact.
    • ICCs can form gap junctions with smooth muscle, and juxtracrine chemical synapses have been shown to form between ICCs and immune cells in rat bladder and other organs.2009 February 20, Clinton Collins et al., “Potential for control of detrusor smooth muscle spontaneous rhythmic contraction by cyclooxygenase products released by interstitial cells of Cajal”, in...

Questions about juxtracrine

What does juxtracrine mean?
Juxtracrine means relating to any form of signalling in multicellular organisms that requires close contact.
What part of speech is juxtracrine?
Juxtracrine is an adjective.

Words near juxtracrine in the dictionary

  1. juxtavascular
  2. juxtaventricular
  3. Juxtlahuaca
  4. juxtology
  5. juxtoposition
  6. juxtracrine
  7. juyce
  8. juyces
  9. juz
  10. juz'
  11. juzail

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