noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
cell
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Although oligodendrocytes themselves normally do not divide, the precursor cells that give rise to them do.
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How do electrically active axons signal oligodendrocyte precursor cells to divide?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The abacus was the precursor of the modern electronic calculator.
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The Office of Strategic Services was the precursor of the CIA.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Basic education remains a necessary precursor to behavior change, especially for the young and those just becoming sexually active.
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Its overthrow was a necessary precursor of, and possibly stimulus to, the theories Charles Darwin was developing a century later.
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Many gay men today cringe at the thought that this was a major component of the sexuality of our precursors.
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Many of these animals, rather than being simple precursors of sophisticates yet to come, were quite unlike anything ever seen elsewhere.
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The precursors of lowered self-esteem and poor coping will also be examined.
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This correlation argues for the possibility of synthesis of platelet activating factor precursors in cells sensitive to gastrin stimulation.
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We repeated the experiments with a precursor for protein and found that an increase in protein synthesis occurred also.