This NY Times article describes Dr. Amar J. S. Klar's hypothesis that there is a specific dominant gene that causes right-handedness. |
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His interest is in gene treatments for muscular dystrophy and muscle aging. |
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Scientists in Yorkshire have discovered a defective gene which they believe is a major cause of tunnel vision. |
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The gene is needed for the parasite to progress to the next stage of its life cycle and eventually to cause the disease. |
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Gene duplications underlie the diversification of genes and the origination of novel gene functions. |
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The open reading frames of all gene sequences identified were interrupted by introns. |
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A control gene regulates the production of an enzyme that destroys the antibiotic, e.g. penicillinase which destroys penicillin. |
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Scientists have discovered a gene which raises the risk of heart disease among men who smoke up to four times, it was revealed today. |
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In 1986, he scored a spectacular success when he isolated the gene associated with retinoblastoma, a fierce form of eye cancer. |
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Another aspect that deserves attention is the relationship between the antiquity of a gene and its evolutionary rate. |
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The very large pine genomes are highly repetitive, and microsatellite loci also occur as gene families. |
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One gene encodes a protein called agouti, which normally signals skin cells called melanocytes to produce a reddish-yellow pigment. |
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Part of the gene was not arranged in the double helix structure, they noticed. |
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This suggests that having two copies of the mutant gene interferes with survival. |
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Thus it appears that some aspects of ethylene-dependent gene expression are conserved between climacteric fruits such as melon and tomato. |
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Inbreeding may be beneficial if conditions favor the maintenance of locally adapted or intrinsically coadapted gene complexes. |
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Arabidopsis thaliana and many closely related species are diploids with relatively few recent gene duplications. |
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The team has isolated the gene responsible for the growth hormone, sequenced and cloned it. |
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Uniparental disomy and imprinting modify gene expression with passage through maternal or paternal meiosis. |
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Split decomposition analyses suggest the possibility of recombination within sequenced fragments, indicated by reticulations in the gene trees. |
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Scientists have isolated a gene that appears to lead to a higher risk for depression. |
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In the absence of individual gene analysis, these methods can reveal the overall patterns of gene network systems. |
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He refused to accept ideas associating the gene with a particular stretch of chromosomal material. |
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Individual alleles of three loci demonstrating high gene diversity were cloned and sequenced. |
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An international team of scientists has managed to cure a child with severe combined immunodeficiency using gene therapy. |
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Intriguingly, a different pattern of gene expression is seen when elongation in the presence of oxygen is promoted by ethylene or carbon dioxide. |
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He built and released to the world the design of a robot that automates the process of putting DNA samples into gene arrays. |
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Only when there is a particular abnormality within that gene does the possibility of developing the disease exist. |
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Rather, the R gene dictates nonrandom distribution of handedness and whorling traits only with respect to the left-right body axis. |
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These results are consistent with a loss of one functional copy of the ear gene in the mutant strains. |
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However, it remains unclear what factors determine the rate of evolution of gene expression. |
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We present here three newly described gene systems that appear to function outside the glycolytic pathway. |
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Analysis of EBV genomes is a useful adjunct to immunoglobulin gene analysis in assessing clonality of these processes. |
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We note that correction could occur between a highly expressed gene and an unexpressed pseudogene. |
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The insect-resistance gene discourages the build up of mycotoxins, potentially dangerous toxins that are probable human carcinogens, in corn. |
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Depending on the chemical added to the bacterial broth, the proteins of one gene would effectively be deactivated, disabling that gene. |
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First, the increase in frequency of original gene and duplicate is not at issue here. |
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The hormone is made of an isolated gene from the growth hormone that cows produce when they lactate. |
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Researchers found that a mother's affection enhances a gene in the baby's brain which soothes the body. |
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Ionizing radiation enervates the human gene pool and it weakens our immune systems. |
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The condition is rare and is caused by the inheritance of an abnormal gene from an affected parent. |
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The TOC GTPases are encoded by small gene families in Arabidopsis and other species. |
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The gene makes a receptor protein that is stimulated by a brain hormone called vasopressin. |
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As a vehicle for gene therapy, the retrovirus is modified so that it cannot produce infectious virus after entering the cell. |
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Dashed lines joining the two gene duplicates indicate the potential intron loss in the bottom copy relative to the top copy. |
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As gene frequencies change, natural selection acts on the outcome, the expression of those genes. |
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Therefore, this gene is a chimera consisting of the first exon of CG11779 and the second and third exons of Adh. |
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The report also implicated the gene in diabetes in an isolated population of people from Finland. |
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But it appears highly unlikely that the risk is dependent upon the method of gene introduction. |
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Unlike most animals, many fish produce two forms of a gene responsible for the enzyme aromatase, which in turn makes estrogen. |
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These results illustrate that variation exists in maize for the impact of ploidy on gene expression. |
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Its evolution is at play here and we are designed to find a partner that increase the genetic strength of the gene pool. |
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Each of the segments began with one or more unique genes, after which were members of different gene families, arranged in a head-to-tail array. |
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Speaking of genes and drugs, for years there's been a fruitless search for the gene for alcoholism. |
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A DNA substrate containing a thymidine kinase gene fused to a neomycin-resistance gene was stably integrated into cells. |
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To determine the correct gene structure, we performed a sequence similarity search against the protein database. |
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Counseling regarding the trait is important because the hemoglobin gene can be passed on to a carrier's child. |
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He adds that in the future this gene may also be used as a specific target for cancer therapies. |
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Genomics is promoting a tremendous interest in novel therapies of which gene therapies will be only a minority. |
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Intronic SSRs can affect gene transcription, mRNA splicing, or export to cytoplasm. |
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The gene mutation appears to work by restricting calorie absorption at the cellular level. |
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The y gene region was subsequently amplified by the polymerase chain reaction. |
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Could these gene products represent upstream components in a common signal transduction pathway such as a receptor or signal transducers? |
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The past decade has produced an increasing number of reports on horizontal gene transfer between prokaryotic organisms. |
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Annotated genomes were examined for novel gene orders and the presence of unassignable sequences. |
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Gene signatures of lung carcinoma prognosis often contain gene classifiers of metastasis in other tumor systems. |
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Once this gene alteration has taken place, the changed gene can then be passed on to succeeding generations. |
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In some cases, children with dominant single gene disorders are born to normal parents. |
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Molecular determination of the immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene status did not reveal clonality. |
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Perhaps one day we will be able to identify a gene that drives people to compulsively kill. |
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Cadmium compounds are inactive or weakly active in gene mutation and other genotoxicity assays. |
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Second, mathematical geneticists showed that the gene frequency change by mutation is much smaller than the change by natural selection. |
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The nucleus-localized, flavin-binding gene products, CRY1 and CRY2 are involved in several blue light responses, including phototropism. |
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In the eukaryotic genome, SP1 binding sites are well-known enhancer elements in genes with ubiquitous, yet inducible gene expression. |
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They injected the animals' forebrains with a harmless virus carrying the gene responsible for expressing the receptors. |
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However, the amount of functional overlap between the two gene products is limited. |
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One copy of this gene occurs in angiosperms, but two copies occur in the other four seed plant groups. |
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Scientists have identified a gene variation that sparks heightened activity in our brain's fear centre. |
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Such a radical change in the mitochondrial gene arrangement within a closely related taxon has never been observed in other coelomate phyla. |
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Species-specific primers were developed to amplify the PBP gene region, and three individuals were sequenced directly from these PCR products. |
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They then inserted an extra bovine protein gene taken from a cow cell into the embryos. |
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A new study reveals for the first time how gene mutations lead to the inherited form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease. |
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The next chapter gives excellent coverage of biosafety issues such as allergens and gene flow with considerable literature references. |
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Genetic differentiation among populations is principally a function of gene flow among populations via pollen and seed dispersal. |
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Important mechanisms for epigenetic alteration of gene expression include DNA methylation and histone acetylation. |
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When the mice were born, they carried the jellyfish gene in their own genes. |
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This system means that people who have two copies of the 'D' gene will be right-handed. |
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Several members of this group were found to contain a gene lying downstream of the YR gene that codes for a protein of unknown function. |
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One of the objectives was to assess the safety of administering the gene therapy locally to the pancreatic tumour. |
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In this situation one gene has dominance over the other gene, which is said to be recessive. |
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If these separate gene lines are mixed up we don't know what the long-term effects will be. |
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Mating may thus be assortative as females mate selectively with males of the same vocal background, discouraging gene migration. |
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Thus, the strength of selective constraints on gene sequences is affected by the topology of the gene coexpression network. |
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Since the gene genealogy is rooted, all the mutations and bifurcations are also time ordered from top to bottom. |
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Nothing illegal or stalkerish, you understand, but being a journalist means the nosiness gene is present and correct. |
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The disorder is inherited as a sex-linked trait, with the HGPRT gene on the X chromosome. |
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The presence in wheat kernels of a cathepsin B gene led the search for its barley counterpart. |
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But the future is looking brighter after Holly was tested in New York for her suitability to trial a radical gene therapy for the disease. |
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In another line, a major shape gene appeared that also caused female sterility. |
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A gene from a human pathogen is inserted into a bacterium that infects plants. |
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These patterns are expected if multiple gene lineages persist in both species since the time of speciation. |
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In Fig 1C, it is shown that gene conversion generates positive linkage disequilibrium. |
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The more RNA segments that attach to a gene, the more that gene will glow or fluoresce, which is called gene expression. |
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A brief name description and gene ID accession number is given to the right hand side of each ratio. |
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However, its potential function as a tumor suppressor gene suggests a possible role in the malignant transformation of mesothelial cells. |
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In this case the child needs both copies of a particular gene to develop the genetic condition. |
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Researchers have tried various genetic or gene engineering methods to increase photosynthetic ability. |
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Finally, much of the toxicity related to gene transfer is mediated through the immune system. |
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The promoter induced gene expression after heat shock in a time-course dependent manner. |
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In contrast to the human situation this gene displays reduced allelic variation. |
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Spontaneous SOS gene expression was measured in strain GY7109 recA carrying plasmids with different recAX chimeras. |
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Several forms of familial hypercholesterolemia are the result of genetic defects in the gene encoding the receptor for low-density lipoprotein. |
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If this research is going to succeed, if we're talking about gene therapy, you have to clone some cells, don't you? |
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Then the hemoglobin gene duplicated, and the copies differentiated into the forms known as alpha and beta. |
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The presence of an increased number of triplet repeat sequences is diagnostic for some single gene disorders. |
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This gene did not affect plant height, indicating that the length of rachis and culm are controlled by independent genetic systems. |
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A difference in gene expression need not influence organismal phenotype or fitness. |
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On average, nodes preceding gene duplications occur earlier in the phylogenetic trees than speciation nodes. |
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For example, a cotton plant could be protected from certain pests by being engineered to carry a particular gene that kills the pests. |
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It is feared that such isolation may ultimately lead to inbreeding, gene loss and reduced fitness. |
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Counseling and education regarding the trait are important because the sickle gene can be passed to a carrier's children. |
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The hunchback gene is switched on only when bicoid protein, a transcription factor, is present at a certain threshold concentration. |
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Black vertical lines indicate the typical homeobox gene family and gray vertical lines the atypical homeobox gene family. |
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Consequently, the gene products recovered from this genome are expected to be extremely thermostable, or heat-tolerant. |
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A homeobox gene involved in setting up the mammalian body plan also appears to control grooming behavior in mice. |
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When a gene on a more typical chromosome mutates, the chromosome can still recombine with its twin. |
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To verify the mutation, researchers used the very latest gene sequencing techniques. |
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The teams are only the third in the world to claim success in curing anyone using gene therapy. |
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They talked of restricting the gene pool in the name of purity of the blood, and all that. |
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One representative of each gene was subcloned and sequenced using cycle sequencing and an automatic sequencer. |
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Second, the gene provides the physical medium for sharing genetic information from generation to generation. |
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They performed gene sequencing on specimens from 27 patients, creating a profile of the possible genetic causes of these diseases. |
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In addition to markers from the linkage map, we also probed karyotypes with ribosomal RNA gene sequences and 4 of the 12 ungrouped markers. |
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The ability of many different waterfowl species to hybridize raises a number of important issues about geographic structure and gene flow. |
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However, that healthy little fella was safely returned, hopefully to make it up the burn come winter and subsequently add to the gene pool. |
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Finally, it is conceivable that a copy of a multicopy gene family is a pseudogene. |
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Unlike maize, rice is predominantly autogamous and, hence, gene flow is restricted. |
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In contrast the data do suggest that gene transcript level in the hybrid triploids is related to genomic dosage. |
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All gene regions deviated significantly from clonality, suggesting that recombination considerably shaped the sequence data in each gene. |
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With the discovery of the gene a simple and accurate genetic test became available. |
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The paper focuses on genes involved in metabolizing and disposing of xenobiotic chemicals, such as those in the cytochrome P450 gene families. |
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The gene could be mutated during transcription into the genetic code, and could perhaps make any genetic problem even worse. |
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Thus, only transcripts of the reporter gene at the L region generated a hybridizable RNA product. |
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Due to recombination and horizontal gene transfer, multiple sources may contribute to a single gene. |
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Taken together, our data strongly support the biased gene conversion hypothesis of GC-content evolution. |
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White tigers are rare because they only occur when two tigers mate and both carry the gene for white coloring. |
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Studies of how polyelectrolytes interact with membranes are important for understanding and improving the process of gene delivery. |
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If we don't, sure as eggs is eggs, the food chain will become corrupted beyond repair, and the gene pool turned back into primal soup. |
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An allelic series of mutations is a powerful genetic resource for understanding gene function. |
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The Johns Hopkins team also delivered DNA into mice by using a so-called gene gun to propel small doses of the nanorods under the animals' skin. |
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When a new gene is inserted into an organism, it interrelates with that organism, and then, in tern, impacts on the environment around it. |
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The percentage of genes transcribed at a certain level is plotted against the relative level of gene transcription. |
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In the classic case of allopatric speciation, gene flow is eliminated completely because of a geographic barrier. |
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In gene therapy, orthopedic surgeons harvest cells from a patient, modify them and return them to a particular area of the body. |
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These strains might not even use their lac gene products to metabolize lactose. |
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Typically, altered gene dosage caused by karyotypic abnormalities results in embryonic lethality or birth defects. |
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All of the interacting proteins and protein enzymes involved in allosteric regulation are controlled by gene expression. |
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We analyzed gene mutations in patients who died of thrombotic events, using multiplex allele-specific polymerase chain reaction amplification. |
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Collinearity was assessed by computing the longest common subsequence of gene pairs. |
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However, the same gene is sometimes differentially expressed in seemingly equivalent cells. |
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Genes in the second group are expressed exclusively in testes and form gene families on the Y chromosome. |
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If a gene on the Y chromosome mutates, that piece of the male genetic code may disappear. |
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The first breakthrough came when Paul Nurse found a yeast gene that controlled the division of yeast cells. |
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However, the scatter plot of gene density versus Alu density showed that this is not an all-or-none phenomenon. |
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Some cases where gene therapy has been successful are in the breakthrough with the disease Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis. |
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Guess what, gene expression produces the same nested hierarchy of relatedness, with chimps our closest relatives, as we find for genes. |
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Polar mutations change a sense codon for a specific amino acid within a gene into a nonsense or translational termination codon. |
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Events of ancient gene transfer can transmit genetic novelties to descendent lineages and subsequently shape their genetic systems. |
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There are probably other types of amentia in which a rare recessive gene is the chief determinant. |
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The gene altered in the giant rats makes the protein Leptin, a hormone released by fat cells as an appetite regulator. |
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The deletion affected gene yajF with unknown function, but associated with genes involved in phage resistance through abortive infection. |
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This paper presents the first fruits of a very ambitious project to map gene expression onto the anatomy of the mouse brain. |
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They discovered that the gene for the disorder resides on the 5th chromosome. |
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We run breeding programmes in partnership with local and international zoos and swop animals to keep gene pools intact. |
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The gene content of chromosomal segments conditioning quantitative resistance to multiple pathogens was inspected. |
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Analysis of the sequence confirmed our mapping studies and showed that the ear gene resided very close to ea. |
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Transgenic tobacco plants bearing this chimeric gene were found to be tolerant to glufosinate treatment. |
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One of the best-documented cases of pleiotropy is the gene associated with sickle-cell disease. |
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Combined with a beta cell growth factor called Btc, the gene therapy complete cured the mice's diabetes for at least four months. |
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What we need to do is correlate the various gene variants with various behavioral propensities. |
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Depending upon the site of transcription, the calcitonin gene yields an RNA that synthesizes calcitonin or calcitonin-gene related peptide. |
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Soon the gene banks in Mexico, birthplace of the original corn varieties, may also be contaminated. |
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The team would also include two laboratory technicians well acquainted with gene technology and biochemical techniques. |
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Mutation and overexpression of labial result in altered homeotic gene expression in the tritocerebrum. |
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The second insertion traps an exon of a different gene contained in an intron of the former gene. |
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The intron size distributions were plotted as scattergrams with density ellipses for selected pairwise gene comparisons. |
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Further, the broken site at the TT4 gene contained a potential topoisomerase I cleavage site. |
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But at the time, a dozen years ago, cloning a gene was not the routine chore it is today. |
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The culprit may be the gene therapy company, perceived impersonally as located far away and likely to be backstopped by an insurance policy. |
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The env gene codes for a protein on the outer coat of the virus that allows it to recognize and attach to human cells. |
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We also prepared primer pairs for the 18S ribosomal RNA gene to use as an internal control. |
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If we try to give gene therapy intravenously, it probably won't make it to all the tumour cells. |
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The gene is known to help determine hair color in many mammals, from humans to mice. |
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It was hoped the gene would be absorbed by the brain and eventually replicate itself. |
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This shows that the modifier gene did not affect Compact trait expression in the female. |
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And in doing so, the gene creates copies of its genetic material by replicating itself through intricate processes of cell division. |
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Such mutants have been generated by chemical mutagenesis, gene disruption, and antisense gene silencing. |
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For biliary duct cancers, p53 gene mutation is an important contributor to carcinogenesis. |
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However, whether derepression of the hTERT gene is the sole requirement for immortalization in all human cell types remained unresolved. |
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There are increasing concerns about the risks of gene flow from transgenic cultivars to conspecific weeds. |
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Another result concerning handedness of the progeny of discordant monozygotic twins suggests that lefties are one gene apart from righties. |
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Modulating gene expression and exploring gene function are major aims in molecular biology. |
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The company uses gene sequencing from a virus to rapidly produce a vaccine. |
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With a sufficient number of distinct line-cross derivates, increasingly complicated models of gene interaction can be tested. |
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The ancestral metazoan gene structure gives the most parsimonious derivation of its descendant genes. |
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This gene sequencing approach may be a valuable tool for further dissecting the role of bacteria in human decomposition. |
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We discovered over a 1.3 million new genes, almost a tenfold increase in the gene pool for scientists. |
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Thus, the Y-linked copy of the S. latifolia spermidine synthase gene is actively transcribed. |
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Loss of p16 gene expression and protein down-regulation have been disclosed in various human gliomas, including oligodendrogliomas. |
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In the GART locus, however, simultaneous transcription of the purine gene and the intronic gene seems possible. |
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One important application is gene therapy, where it is necessary to deliver a gene or a synthetic oligonucleotide into the cell. |
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The gene that is responsible for the worms' mutation manufactures a small, stable strand of RNA that is not translated into a protein. |
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For the structures in figure 2 to form, complete individual tRNA gene transcripts are required. |
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They investigated genetic variations in the gene regulating the enzyme and looked at the impact on farmers. |
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Arrows below the gene map indicate primers used in PCR analysis of the P-element insertions. |
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On occasion, families are observed where both parents have a recessive single gene disorder and yet have normal offspring. |
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These gRNAs mediate drastic editing of many maxicircle gene transcripts by insertion and deletion of uridine residues. |
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On the other hand, red sea bream had large gene flow and small genetic differentiation. |
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They culled stem cells from the marrow and mixed them with a harmless virus in which a gene that makes the missing protein had been inserted. |
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Orientations of transcription for each gene are represented by arrowed boxes. |
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Differences in the PRKAG3 gene sequences of the founder animals of the intercross were analyzed. |
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The gene explains natural evolution and survival, while the meme explains cultural evolution and survival. |
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The gene transference involves the use of a vector carrier which can be a plasmid or a virus. |
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In nature, the gene cues a jellyfish to make a bright-green fluorescent protein. |
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So the gene does have some effect on ability to articulate speech, but has other correlates as well, including significant intelligence deficit. |
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In some cases, the position of the gene on a chromosome can affect the phenotypic outcome. |
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In pulmonate land snails, variation in gene organization is found at the level of the superfamily. |
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The sequence alterations caused by RIP and gene conversion can obscure the evolutionary history of transposable elements. |
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Fatty acids function as second messengers and coregulators of gene transcription. |
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If so, my estimate of the total energy investment into gene expression will be an overestimate. |
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Despite the absence of operons, eukaryotes are still capable of a very fine level of control over gene transcription. |
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If each gene regulated by a transcription factor is viewed as one function of that factor, then most transcription factors are multifunctional. |
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The researchers injected the DNA plasmid, which encodes a gene that stimulates the immune system, directly into the tumor site in mice. |
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She has also added a gene to alfalfa that enables it to detoxify the herbicide atrazine. |
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There is a two-in-four chance that the child will inherit one of each kind of gene and be a carrier like the parents and free of disease. |
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The gene expression biomarkers of caloric restriction can also be used to develop pharmaceuticals targeted to its genomic effects. |
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Previously identified recombinants within a single gene were omitted and only one strain was included from groups of linked infections. |
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Private biotechnology companies that hold certain patents can monopolize certain gene tech markets. |
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People with one normal gene and one sickle gene are carriers of the abnormal gene. |
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This gave rise to the genetic revolution, including recombinant DNA technology and gene therapy. |
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Bearing tiny, white, radially symmetrical flowers, this small member of the mustard family is the workhorse of gene research in plants. |
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Several genes involved in the regulation of chromatin structure were identified as regulators of homeotic gene complexes. |
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The researchers at first tried to deliver the gene therapy while the patients were sedated but awake. |
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These markers are used as signposts to mark the abnormal gene or the abnormal chromosome. |
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This is probably caused by internal desynchronization of clock gene cyclings within a given individual animal. |
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In mung bean, mechanical strain, salt, cycloheximide, and auxin treatment could induce the CPK gene expression. |
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In the 1980s, there was no test to identify a carrier of the recessive gene for Canavan disease and no test to identify a fetus with the disease. |
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Human infection by Coccidioides spp. possessing this gene leads to the respiratory disease coccidioidomycosis or San Joaquin Valley fever. |
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The sugar beet Vp1 gene was specifically expressed in taproots, but not in leaves, stems, and inflorescences. |
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Furthermore, these gene duplications evolved after the split between the common ancestor of nymphalid and papilionid butterflies. |
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Extensive investigations have failed to detect such a mechanism of gene transfer in crop plants. |
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Unlike Shakespeare's puzzler, gene technology may provide an answer within the next few decades. |
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Genetic tests can also be used to establish a diagnosis or identify gene carriers prior to the onset of symptoms. |
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Several organisms that are taxonomically related or have similar gene content, differ greatly in their genome size. |
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A gene linked to asthma and allergies also has a role in hepatitis A viral infections, according to a new study. |
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A male can't pass the gene for hemophilia to his sons, though all his daughters will be carriers of the disease gene. |
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For example, it was used to knock out a gene in rapeseed to make production of edible canola oil possible. |
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In addition to seeds, the promoters directed reporter gene expression in pollen and in seed coats. |
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Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms heritably alter patterns of gene expression without changes in DNA sequence. |
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Population geneticists dismiss such gene frequencies by convention and so count digit number as having no heritability. |
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Then a company separated the gene for human deoxyribonuclease, which chops up the protein but does not cause allergic reactions. |
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Transcription factors are proteins that bind to a subsequence of the DNA before a gene and encourage the start of transcription. |
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The loss of preexisting genes or gene activities during evolution is a major mechanism of ecological specialization. |
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In Drosophila, relocation of a euchromatic gene near centromeric or telomeric heterochromatin often leads to its mosaic silencing. |
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Each neuron is studded with a dozen or so identical receptors, all made by the same gene and all bearing the same structure. |
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This center will conduct studies to develop new gene therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. |
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Debates over what is patentable typically revolve around questions of isolable genes and gene sequences. |
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That man probably carried a single copy of the flawed gene that has now become common in this isolated population. |
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Molecular access to the sda gene was via the sda HZ.P1 mutation by the method of plasmid rescue of genomic DNA flanking the transposon insertion. |
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Deletions of gene 1.3 were introduced into the preadapted virus, and the recombinant virus was then passaged to allow fitness recovery. |
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In babies with the form of the gene that was not associated with risky behavior, vagal tone did decrease, which is what you want. |
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Composed of one or more curves, angles, kinks or any combination thereof, the tail is created by a simple recessive gene which breeds true in any bobtail-to-bobtail cross. |
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The protein, made by a gene transferred to the cotton plant by gene-splicing techniques, is toxic to certain insects but not to humans or other mammals. |
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Strictly speaking, there is no gene for a sucking reflex, let alone for female coyness or Scottish thriftiness or cognizance of the concept of zero. |
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Classical genetics of human disease deals with monogenic disorders in which a single mutation in a single gene is causatively related to the phenotype. |
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Odorant-binding proteins are present in the olfactory systems of both vertebrate and invertebrate animals, but these gene families are not related. |
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Repressors stifle gene expression by blocking the binding of activators, interfering with their recruiting efforts, or smothering the DNA in more protein. |
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When sensory nerve cells are activated, calcium levels inside these cells rise and the neuropeptides, such as substance P and calcitonin gene related peptide are released. |
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He and his colleagues began working with a phage that infects the anthrax bacterium almost exclusively and identified the gene encoding its lysin. |
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In the vWF gene, the B and C domains triplicated and duplicated, respectively, while the MUC6 gene lost several exons coding for the D4, B, and C domains. |
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The authors adopt a pluralistic perspective, in which evolution occurs from the gene to the population and is closely supported by a cultural system. |
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It was a regression, the triumph of a latent aristocratic gene that resides in the heart of humanity when democracies get lazy. |
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They began by sequencing the SEMG2 gene in humans, chimpanzees, pygmy chimpanzees, gorillas, orang-utans, gibbons, macaques, colobus monkeys, and spider monkeys. |
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They conclude that the gene began to deteriorate after the split between New and Old World primates but before the Old World monkeys and apes diverged. |
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To introduce a point mutation the gene must be cloned, the desired point mutation must be generated within that clone, and an I-SceI site must be inserted. |
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The researchers chose the jellyfish gene for a green fluorescent protein that other researchers had used to create glowing green eyes in houseflies and some other insects. |
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Extracts of diesel exhaust particles modulate the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and estrogen-dependent gene expression in cells in vitro and are endocrine disrupters. |
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Nothing is known about gene order in other lineages of Acari. |
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Doctors are worried because the gene causes the spread of MRSA between healthy people with unbroken skin who would not normally be expected to pick up infections in this way. |
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With the unprecedented growth of bioinformatics and comparative genomics, state of the art technologies are essential to utilize the vast gene pools sitting in the databases. |
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Although control of gene expression at the transcriptional level is a key regulatory mechanism controlling carotenogenesis in chromoplasts, it is not the only one. |
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Although the gene itself stays unchanged, chemicals called methyl groups alter how that gene works. |
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Other trials, to begin in the fall, will study a monovalent vaccine that has a gene only from the Zaire strain. |
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The farmers that come to depend upon them for gene enhanced seeds or pesticides use computers, handle biohazards and touch the land as little as possible. |
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In these diseases, a single mutant copy of a gene inherited from either parent dominates the normal gene by producing a protein that is toxic to cells. |
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However, in 2000, researchers in France reported that gene transfer had positive results in two infants with a type of inherited immune deficiency. |
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The researchers are focusing on differences in gene expression within cells in a special site inside the hen's reproductive tract, called the oviductal sperm-storage tubules. |
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The heteromorphic microsatellite within the Tk1 gene was amplified. |
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A gene that codes for a single myosuppressin FLRFamide has been found in Drosophila, the cockroach Diploptera punctata, and the true army worm Pseudaletia unipuncta. |
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In the absence of dominance, the expectation of the variance is a second moment in gene frequencies, and the variance of the variance a tractable fourth moment. |
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