microwelln.
/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌwɛl/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkroʊˌwɛl/, /ˈmaɪkrəˌwɛl/ Biology.
= microtiter well n. at microtiter adj. Compounds.
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1972 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 69 1338 (caption) Fetal liver cells..were concentrated by antibody-mediated hemolysis and cultured in microwells for 24h and 48h.
1988 Mouse News Let. Nov. 89 Proliferation of T cell clones in response to minor H antigens is determined visually in microwells.
1996 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 351 417 Cultured adult DRG [= dorsal root ganglion] neurons, which survive as single cells in microwells in the absence of added trophic factors.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
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1972 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 69 1338/2 A minimum of 200 chicken cells were counted for each microwell culture.
1973 Analyt. Biochem. 52 563 A microwell assay method for the biochemical study of cultured cells.
1986 Science 31 Oct. 580/2 (note) Microwell MNC [= mononuclear cell] cultures were labeled for 6 hours.
1999 Neurology 53 1692 The precursor frequency of MBP [= myelin basic protein]-reactive T cells was estimated in a microwell culture system.
C2.
microwell plate n. = microtiter plate n. at microtiter adj. Compounds.
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1978 Science 5 May 557/1 Cells in the logarithmic phase of growth were prepared..by seeding 1 ml containing 2 x 104 cells onto microwell plates.
1987 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 84 1376/1 T cells (105) were cultured..in microwell plates.
2000 Analyt. Biochem. 278 221 [The] cell viability assay..uses a microwell plate format and disposable phosphorescent sensor inserts incorporated into each sample.
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