resting cell

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Related to resting cell: interphase, Resting membrane potential

rest·ing cell

a quiescent cell; one not undergoing mitosis.

resting cell

A cell that is not actively in the process of dividing.

resting cell

a cell that is not undergoing division. See also interphase.

resting cell

any cell that is not undergoing active division (mitosis).

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To alleviate the competitive inhibition of the growth substrate (phenol in our study) and the non-growth substrate (4-cp in our study) as well as the extension of the lag phase for degradation due to non-growth substrate toxicity in simultaneous degradation of the two compounds, many researchers have suggested the sequential degradation of the growth substrate, followed by the non-growth substrate by resting cells (Alvarez-Cohen and McCarty, 1991; Hecht et al.

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Amazingly, nurse macrophages can also produce CD4+ T-cells, which are released as resting cells.

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The specific drug tested, known as KG5, singles out RAF in proliferating cells, but ignores normal or resting cells.