Matrigel
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From the brand name "Matrigel", marketed by BD Biosciences
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Matrigel (plural Matrigels)
- A gelatinous protein mixture secreted by mouse tumor cells, or specifically a plug composed of this mixture
- 2002, Sonia Franco et al., “Decreased B16F10 Melanoma Growth and Impaired Vascularization in Telomerase-deficient Mice with Critically Short Telomeres”[1], Cancer Research, volume 62:
- Matrigels appear as dark, heavily hemoglobinized gelatinous implants in the ventral sc tissue.
- 2002, Sonia Franco et al., “Decreased B16F10 Melanoma Growth and Impaired Vascularization in Telomerase-deficient Mice with Critically Short Telomeres”[1], Cancer Research, volume 62:
