Cell proliferation is the process that results in an increase of the number of cells, and is defined by the balance between cell divisions and cell loss through cell death or differentiation.

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Under ideal conditions, bacterial cell proliferation is exponential, transforming an empty Petri dish into a lush “lawn” of growth. However, as a ...

Although only transiently expressed, the pre-BCR marks an important checkpoint in B-cell development and regulates diverse processes, such as proliferation, allelic exclusion of the second heavy ...