Sentences with phrase «activate particular groups»

In the current paper, Pedersen and his colleagues used genetic engineering techniques to selectively activate particular groups of cells in the brain.

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This tool, described in a paper published April 18 in Nature Biotechnology, is designed to help researchers identify groups of genetic variations that together associate with a particular way cancer cells get activated, or how they respond to certain treatments.

Steve: The on - off switch system is surprisingly — I don't want to say, simple — but straightforward, in that we have these methyl groups or acetyl groups, and depending on which one you have in a particular area of the protein surrounding the DNA, you're either going to activate the gene or turn it off.

In a research led by Dr. Minako Ueda, a lecturer at ITbM, the group discovered that upon fertilization, the factor originating from the father's sperm cell activates a particular protein in the zygote (fertilized egg cell).

With Siri, you can turn individual or groups of lights on or off, as well as activate particular scenes.