definition: stem cells, systems biology

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sialome	all proteins expressed in the salivary glands
splicing	procedure by which *introns* are cut out of *mRNA* molecules to join the residual *exons* to form a continuous coding sequence of RNA
stem cells	undifferentiated progenitor cells with the unique potential to divide for indefinite periods (in culture) and to produce any kind of cell in the body
	adult or somatic stem cells undifferentiated cells in differentiated tissues with the limited potential to differentiate into specialized cell types of the tissue from which they originated: hematopoietic stem cell neural stem cells
	embryonic stem cells undifferentiated cells from early embryos that can replicate indefinitely and differentiate into nearly all cell types of the body
	induced pluripotent stem cells type of pluripotent stem cell artificially derived from a non-pluripotent cell
systems biology	Cross-disciplinary (wholistic) approach to understand biological systems on the whole by combining systems sciences, information sciences and life sciences.