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See Plasmogen, and Idioplasm.
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n.
The act of forming or molding.
n.
A former; a fashioner.
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A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.
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A piece of DNA, usually circular, functioning as part of the genetic material of a cell, not integrated with the chromosome and replicating independently of the chromosome, but transferred, like the chromosome, to subsequent generations. In bacteria, plasmids often carry the genes for antibiotic resistance; they are exploited in genetic engineering as the vehicles for introduction of extraneous DNA into cells, to alter the genetic makeup of the cell. The cells thus altered may produce desirable proteins which are extracted and used; in the case of genetically altered plant cells, the altered cells may grow into complete plants with changed properties, as for example, increased resistance to disease.
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Of, pertaining to, or connected with, plasma; plasmatic.
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That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm.
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Same as Plasma.
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The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.
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Any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division.
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A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms.
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Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm; -- esp. applied to a body formed in the developing ovum from the plasma of the nucleus of the germinal vesicle.
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Of or pertaining to plasma; having the character of plasma; containing, or conveying, plasma.
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of Plasmodium
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Hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of vegetable cells.
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Alt. of Plasmatical
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The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration. Germ plasm and idioplasm are forms of plasmogen.
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A proteid body, separated by some physiologists from blood plasma. It is probably identical with fibrinogen.
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Of or pertaining to, or like, a plasmodium; as, the plasmodial form of a life cycle.
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Form; mold.
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