Genes
Meanings and phrases
n.
- any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together; linkage group
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- Most genes involved affect ion channels, either directly or indirectly.
- Mutations in several genes involved in the G2/M transition are implicated in many cancers.
- This overcomes the effect of drugs that reduce the expression of genes involved in replication.
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- Boyer and Cohen expressed other genes in bacteria.
- They may not be visible due to the effects of other genes.
- Another study found the gene c2orf81 to overlap with other genes.
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- The genes encoding these proteins are highly active.
- Human genes encoding protein containing this domain include RPL28.
- Three genes encoding alpha, beta and gamma subunits are tandemly organized in a genomic segment as a gene cluster.
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- MLL's target genes include HOXC8, HOXA9, CDKN1B, and C-MYC.
- The target genes include: "fumC", "sdhC", "gltA", "sucC", "prpB" and "prpC".
- CRISPRi and CRISPRa technology allows researchers to activate or inactivate target genes.
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- By engineering genes and proteins, the Haynes group create epigenetic machinery that can regulate DNA.
- The nomenclature assigned to the olfactory receptor genes and proteins for this organism is independent of other organisms.
- The lab's primary goal is to further develop biological and electrical technologies that aid in the study of genes and proteins.
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- Further, to help understand the neurobiology of behavior, fox and dog orthologs of serotonin receptor genes were cloned.
- The nomenclature assigned to the olfactory receptor genes and proteins for this organism is independent of other organisms.
- Individual olfactory sensory neurons express only one of the thousand receptor genes, such that neurons are functionally distinct.
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- nuclear proteins that regulate the expression of genes.
- The function of Whirly proteins is to regulate the expression of genes that aid defence.
- This overcomes the effect of drugs that reduce the expression of genes involved in replication.
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- The nomenclature assigned to the olfactory receptor genes and proteins for this organism is independent of other organisms.
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- The number of genes predicted is 14,642.
- The number of genes known to cause cases of KS/CHH is still increasing.
- Loss of genes is dependent of the number of genes originating in the gene cluster.
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- Often different genes can interact in a way that influences the same trait.
- Enolase is a dimeric protein formed from three subunits, α, β, and γ, encoded by different genes.
- Findings point strongly to heterogeneity, with different genes being implicated in different families.
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- At each stage specific genes and promoters are expressed.
- There has also been speculation about the inheritance of specific genes from Neanderthals.
- It is an important tool in research that allows the function of specific genes to be studied.