Sentences with phrase «bacterial genes turned»
Nine groups of bacterial genes turned out to be antiphage defense systems, and one system protected against plasmids, another source of foreign DNA, the researchers found.
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Rho, found in many bacteria, acts as a protein regulator of bacterial gene expression, determining which genes get turned on or off.
But people often reject ideas which don't fit into the bacterial model of gene regulation, which is that genes are turned on and off by proteins binding to DNA.
It turns out that Monocercomonoides has come up with a workaround by borrowing some bacterial genes that perform the same function, the scientists reveal online today in Current Biology.
In one of the most elaborate feats of synthetic biology to date, a research team has engineered yeast with a medley of plant, bacterial, and rodent genes to turn sugar into thebaine, the key opiate precursor to morphine and other powerful painkilling drugs that have been harvested for thousands of years from poppy plants.
«Co-opting bacterial immune system to turn off specific genes.»
The foundation of her food plan are «pulses,» which promote the growth of your good gut bacterial flora, which turn on your fat - burning genes, promote vibrant health, and prevent disease.
Hormones and the Microbiome Turns out a certain set of gut bacteria and more specifically certain bacterial genes, called the estrobolome, produce an essential enzyme...