They add that
other genes in the region of the genome around Gp - 9 are probably involved in regulating fire ant social organization as well.
Other genes in this region remain unchanged, indicating a clustered yet specific and patterned response.
Not exact matches
Vast rice - growing
regions in India, Bangladesh, and
other countries, which are submerged during rainy season and rendered useless for rice production, have been made productive since the SUB1
gene that makes rice flood - tolerant was discovered and bred into popular existing rice varieties.
It found that
genes associated with depression are involved
in brain cell development, and that there was overlap between these genetic
regions and those linked to schizophrenia and
other mental illnesses.
They lie
in a
region of chromosome 5 that sits squarely between two
genes that produce cell - adhesion molecules, which govern how neurons connect to each
other.
Another doubled - up
region contains enhancers that turn on some
genes in the cerebellum, a part of the brain that coordinates movement, speech and performs
other important functions.
Using Epiviz and Bioconductor, the research team found consistent
regions of DNA methylation changes
in colon cancer samples generated by the public Cancer Genome Atlas project and similar
gene expression
in these
regions of DNA methylation changes
in other cancer types.
By comparing this
region with the DNA from epileptics from six
other families, the researchers gradually homed
in on a
gene called KCNQ2.
Despite differences
in brain size, the researchers found striking similarities between primate species of
gene expression
in 16
regions of the brain — even
in the prefrontal cortex, the seat of higher order learning that most distinguishes humans from
other apes.
Glk1 is a transcription factor, meaning it binds to specific
regions of DNA and activates
genes involved
in cell death and
other plant immune responses.
Nobody knows why an invertebrate should need such a
gene, but the fact that its various coding
regions are organised
in a subtly different way from those of all
other known globin
genes is forcing a rethink about the evolutionary history of globin
genes.
But genetic mapping places it
in a
region with at least 20
other genes, and discovering which of these is the right one could take years of painstaking work.
But
in the so - called junk DNA — 98 % or so of the genome — it's likely that we'll find
other conserved
regions that aren't
in genes.
But
genes in other regions are so close together they overlap: the cluster of 75
genes which determines tissue type and plays a part
in controlling our immune responses is packed into only 4 million base pairs.
In other words, DNA in the Hox - D region encodes timing information which ensures that the genes are activated at precisely the right moment during developmen
In other words, DNA
in the Hox - D region encodes timing information which ensures that the genes are activated at precisely the right moment during developmen
in the Hox - D
region encodes timing information which ensures that the
genes are activated at precisely the right moment during development.
Basically, the
gene makes a molecule involved
in preparing
other genes for expression, helping to distinguish between
regions of
genes that should be manufactured and those that are silent genetic filler.
Yet
in sub-Saharan Africa and
other regions where it is endemic, «people have already developed 25 new
genes that protect against malaria, including the Duffy blood type, an entirely new blood group,» he notes.
By also examining this genetic
region in two
other families with similar disorders, the researchers were able to pinpoint a mutation
in a specific
gene, NT5E, which is involved
in breaking down calcification
in the arteries.
Twin
genes or duplicated regulatory
regions result, and although one
in the pair usually has to keep doing its original job, the
other is free to mutate and take on new roles that can enhance an organism's survival.
Dudley's team found that HAR - associated schizophrenia
genes are found
in regions of the genome that influence
other genes expressed
in the prefrontal cortex, a brain
region just behind the forehead that is involved
in higher - order thinking.
Some occur
in genes that play a role
in skeletal growth and development, which makes sense, but
others lie
in genes that trigger cancer or
in undeciphered
regions of DNA.
Because people
in a
region are more likely to marry and mate with each
other — a factor that may be largely due to shared language — that
gene pool will evolve as a separate cluster that corresponds to a place on the globe, he explains.
In one species, the black snub - nosed monkey (about 2,000 individuals are found in the wild), they identified several hypoxia - related genes that allowed them to thrive in the highest altitudes (a narrow region 3,400 - 4,500 meters above sea level in a narrow region between the Yangtze and Mekong rivers within the Tibetan plateau) than any other nonhuman primat
In one species, the black snub - nosed monkey (about 2,000 individuals are found
in the wild), they identified several hypoxia - related genes that allowed them to thrive in the highest altitudes (a narrow region 3,400 - 4,500 meters above sea level in a narrow region between the Yangtze and Mekong rivers within the Tibetan plateau) than any other nonhuman primat
in the wild), they identified several hypoxia - related
genes that allowed them to thrive
in the highest altitudes (a narrow region 3,400 - 4,500 meters above sea level in a narrow region between the Yangtze and Mekong rivers within the Tibetan plateau) than any other nonhuman primat
in the highest altitudes (a narrow
region 3,400 - 4,500 meters above sea level
in a narrow region between the Yangtze and Mekong rivers within the Tibetan plateau) than any other nonhuman primat
in a narrow
region between the Yangtze and Mekong rivers within the Tibetan plateau) than any
other nonhuman primate.
Using
genes from these chromosomal
regions, Richter identified three new enzymes that function
in terpene synthesis pathways to produce linalool, nerolidol, and
other terpenes.
This optimization was based on combining very stringent selection criteria (minimal secondary structure, minimal homology to
other genes in the available rat genomic databases, no low complexity or repeat
regions, and defined Tm) with a statistical ranking algorithm [48].
Light red or light blue
regions indicate positive or negative outlier expression, respectively, of the
gene relative to the
other lines shown; z - score of a positive outlier
in the corresponding cell line is
in dark red and a negative outlier is
in dark blue.
During specification of SM identity, bd1 mRNA accumulates
in a boundary
region between the indeterminate meristem and differentiating lateral organ, where it is predicted to suppress ectopic expression of
other meristem identity
genes in the SM.
These genetic variations were found
in regions of the DNA that were near
genes involved
in Parkinson's disease and
other brain disorders.
Two clock proteins, CLOCK (Circadian locomoter output cycles protein kaput) and BMAL1 (Brain and Muscle Arnt - like1) bind to each
other to form a heterodimer complex, which then binds to a DNA sequence called E-box (CACGTG) located
in the upper
region of clock
genes, Per (Period) and Cry (Cryptochrome), present
in the genome.
This indicates that a comprehensive and experimentally supported annotation effort of the human genome simultaneously highlights
regions with striking differences
in gene organization to
other species and may indicate evolutionary events specific to the human lineage demanding further functional analyses.
The dogma of DNA methylation is that it generally represses
gene expression —
in other words, methylated
regions are transcriptionally silent, and unmethylated
regions are often transcriptionally active.
Preferential integration into 5» non-coding
regions is also observed with the yeast Ty1 transposon and
other retroelements
in studies analyzing inactivated
genes (31).
The sliding window approaches nicely captured association over the LPA
gene region, but also
in other nearby
regions, some of which were also supported by the first - intron or regulatory - motif analyses.
Such an allelic chromatin organization might be present at
other DMRs as well, and a recent study by Schweizer et al. (2) shows that the imprinting - control
region in the 5 % portion of the SNRPN
gene has strong hypersensitive sites on the unmethylated maternal chromosome only.
Other molecular mechanisms linking the cloned 13.5 kb ws1
region to wing size evolution could also occur, including cis - regulation of prospero, changes
in non-coding RNAs, or long - distance regulation of another
gene.
Kaghad M, Bonnet H, Yang A, Creancier L, Biscan JC, Valent A, Minty A, Chalon P, Lelias JM, Dumont X, Ferrara P, McKeon F, Caput D. Monoallelically expressed
gene related to p53 at 1p36, a
region frequently deleted
in neuroblastoma and
other human cancers.
Other than IGF1, all the other regions will require fine - mapping in order to confirm a single candidate
Other than IGF1, all the
other regions will require fine - mapping in order to confirm a single candidate
other regions will require fine - mapping
in order to confirm a single candidate
gene.
A potentially parsimonious explanation for the increased prevalence of S allele carriers, yet decreased prevalence of anxiety and mood disorders,
in East Asia relative to
other geographical
regions is culture —
gene coevolution of human behaviour.