Sentences with phrase «activating nearby genes»

Moreover, disease - causing variants in DNA often do not act directly, but by activating nearby genes.

The problem is that they insert genes at random locations in the genome, as well as inserting regulatory sequences that can sometimes activate nearby genes and trigger cancer.

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Cells growing into the wound had 12 genes that were activated much more or much less than nearby cells sitting idly on the sidelines.

Then p300 modifies nearby chromatin with a chemical tag called acetylation, somehow releasing the inhibitory chromatin structure to activate a gene.