In addition, its scientists «will help develop high - capacity methods» that will speed up and streamline the determination not only of the functions of individual genes but also of how those genes and their protein products interact. (sciencemag.org)
Building on this concept, Sushant Patkar of the University of Maryland and colleagues hypothesized that alterations in protein interaction networks in breast cancer cells may change the function of individual genes. (sciencedaily.com)
To study the function of an individual gene, researchers typically mutate or eliminate that gene to find out what happens — an approach known as reverse genetics. (sciencedaily.com)