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cell line

n. (context genetics English) A biological tissue or group of individual cells that are genetically identical as a result of dividing mitotically from a single progenitor cell.

Usage examples of "cell line".

She had called his cell line three times and each time gotten the same message: &ldquo.

She had called his cell line three times and each time gotten the same message: ``The mobile customer you are trying to reach is out of range.

She had called his cell line three times and each time gotten the same message: “.

He sequenced the protein, found the associated gene, cloned it, and inserted the gene and expanded it in a cultured cell line.

Each kind of cell line aged at a different speed, or did not age at all.

We're going to alter the germ cell line of the human race permanently.

In theory, perhaps, almost anything can be achieved with engineered bacteria, or some modified tumour cell line, but in practice there are still many properties of healthy human tissue that can't be faked.