Sentences with phrase «unique protein markers»
Unique protein markers in hair could be used alongside DNA profiling for human identification, according to a study published September 7, 2016 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Glendon Parker from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA, and colleagues.
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With each neuron containing dozens of such proteins, the set of identity markers is essentially unique.
They have found a total of 185 hair protein markers to date, which they estimate would be sufficient to provide a unique pattern for an individual that could distinguish that person among a population of one million.
So Glendon Parker, a biochemist at the University of California, Davis, has been studying unique markers in the proteins made by DNA.
The cancer cell marker that Johnson and her team identified was a specific change in protein glycosylation, that is, a unique pattern of sugars decorating a protein found on the cell surface.