Sentences with phrase «called model organisms»

The most well - studied species on the planet are called model organisms, creatures chosen for intensive research because they are particularly suited to laboratory studies.

And this is where yeast, worms and flies can help: Although they may not look it, these so - called model organisms share a lot of genetic information with humans.

Not exact matches

In collaboration with Synchrotron Oxford, the University of East Anglia and the University of California, the researchers, using a commonly - found member of human gut microbiota called Ruminococcus gnavus as a model organism identified carbohydrate binding modules with the ability to bind to mucus.

In this open challenge to the status quo, he promotes an alternative strategy he calls «natural security»: the idea that we can model our own strategies on the survival techniques of highly successful organisms.

The model organism Pseudomonas aeruginosa is famous for multidrug resistance, but compounds called bacteriocins may be able to outflank it.

He has reason to think that the protein, called PsbS, may be acting differently in his two model organisms.

The organizers of the project, called GP - write (for work in model organisms and plants) or sometimes HGP - write (for work in human cell lines), envision it as a successor to the Human Genome Project (retroactively termed HGP - read), which 25 years ago promoted rapid advances in DNA sequencing technology.