Sentences with phrase «gene mapping such»

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The sequences provide researchers access to 96 percent of all peanut genes and provide the DNA map needed to more quickly identify and genetically tag genes that confer desirable traits, such as drought - and disease - resistance.

Genetic tools still under construction, such as a haplotype map that will be used to discern genetic variation behind common diseases, could further accelerate the search for disease genes.

And the shared map implies that genes for important characteristics, such as disease resistance, photoperiodism, drought tolerance, storage proteins and the like, can be plucked direct from one genome and applied in another.

Such vectors have become critical tools for delivering genes to treat disease or to label neurons and their connective fibers with fluorescent colors to map out their locations.

The vectors are customizable and could potentially be used as part of a gene therapy to treat neurodegenerative disorders that affect the entire central nervous system, such as Huntington's disease, or to help map or modulate neuronal circuits and understand how they change during disease.

«For our new systemic viral vectors — AAV PHP.S and AAV PHP.eB — there are many potential uses, from mapping circuits in the periphery and fast screening of gene regulatory elements to genome editing with powerful tools such as CRISPR - Cas9,» says Gradinaru.

It is only the handful of genes that differ, such as those defining blood group, which are useful for making maps.

The three stages of CD8 + T cell development are well known, but the current study identifies a detailed map of the regulatory circuitry, such as interactions between enhancers and promoters — genetic regulatory regions that function together in driving genes to transcribe proteins to carry out biological processes.

Positional cloning is a genetic mapping technique used to pinpoint the location of specific traits of interest, such as disease - causing genes or mutations, within the genome.

This approach has contributed to the successful mapping of genes involved in numerous human diseases such as Huntington's disease and cystic fibrosis, an important first step in understanding these conditions.

That map contains several so - called islands that are unique to A. borkumensis, such as a set of genes that allow the organism to break down the alkanes in oil and use them as food.

That genetic map led to key insights, such as the link between glioblastoma, the deadliest type of brain tumor, and a gene called BEX1.

With such a powerful dataset and toolkit, we anticipate testing the predictions of biodiversity hotspots from stochastic modelling [28]--[31], as well as mapping functional gene ecology and activities throughout the world's oceans.

Utilizing genetic approaches such as «fine mapping» and «genome editing,» the researchers narrowed the region of the chromosome and targeted each gene to responsible for affecting the behavioral response to the drug.

Similarly, Bernaudin et al. [43] found increased expression of 18 genes in the neonatal rat brain following hypoxia (8 % O2 for 3 h) including several known hypoxia inducible genes such as MAP kinase phosphatase - 1 (MKP - 1), several HIF - 1 target genes including VEGF and GLUT - 1, genes implicated in apoptosis, signal transduction molecules, and transcription factors.