Sentences with phrase «called promoter»

These sequences in our DNA are often situated far away from the actual genes they regulate, in comparison to so called promoter regions, which traditionally have been considered to control most of the gene activity.

The current U.K. trial is again using fats, or lipids, but the DNA includes a segment called a promoter that should make gene expression last longer, says Eric Alton of Imperial College London, who heads the UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium.

The Australians have taken a chitinase gene from the tobbaco plant and have modified it with a switch called a promoter.

At the heart of the «bit» of memory is essentially a fragment of DNA called a promoter, which enables the machinery of a cell to make a given protein.

Hutchison and Edgell guessed that this was because the switch that allows a gene to be turned on or off — the so - called promoter — has become faulty from accumulated mutations.

Caputo recently labeled Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz «cowardly» and called a promoter for Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz a «stupid bitch» on Twitter.

JD.com has a network of around 300,000 contractors, whom it calls promoters, to cover an estimated 600,000 villages.

The researchers looked exclusively at small segments of DNA called promoters in samples of tumors taken from 308 pancreatic cancer patients.

Now that the so called promoters for iphone and Samsung have taken the usual swing at BB, it shows that they are worried and are trying to destroy the BB before it's out of the gate.

Not exact matches

He catches the eye of wrestling promoters in America and quickly begins to bounce around the circuit, now being called Andre the Giant (as well as traveling to Japan, Canada, and Australia).

One way promoters market these so - called exempt securities to investors is through partnerships with financial self - help gurus who put on seminars in hotel conference rooms.

I spent the next day calling the local heads of USA Boxing, the national Executive Director of USA Boxing, the State Athletic Commission, and professional promoters in an effort to try and see how we could work something out.

For at least two decades, DuPont, a chemical giant with $ 4.8 billion in annual income, has billed itself as a «world class safety leader» and the original promoters of a so - called «zero injury culture.»

Some call it networking marketing, structures and strategies through compensations of advocates and sellers, endorsers, promoters and referrers.

According to Forrester Resarch, Lenovo has since seen a 20 % reduction in laptop support call rates, increased agent productivity, a shorter problem resolution cycle, an increased Net Promoter Score, and reduced support costs.

I don't mind their concern for the ridiculous ticket prices that their promoters made for their live concerts (although there is something called supply and demand here)-- but why must musicians become known on such a national or international level in the first place?

He has often been a vociferous promoter of science in the Church, calling for good Catholic scientists and indeed priest - scientists to counter the false assumption that science is a realm of atheism.

This shameless self - promoter, this egotistical charlatan, this 24 - carat show biz phony is calling the hurricane «a blessing»?

after DJ's fight will Wilson Reis, he called DJ # 1 pound for pound, then next month threw him under the bus... the guy defines the world hypo... maybe thats what you have to be to be a fight business promoter...

They did agree promoters calling for a ban were «largely» influenced by concern for genuine fans, pointing out they could simply raise their prices if they were motivated by higher prices.

Chairman of UBA, and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and a major promoter of entrepreneurship in the continent, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has called on global institutions to support the growth of small businesses in Africa as part of the efforts to impact the world entirely.

For example, I'm sure many of us our familiar with the so called Strategic Alliance Contract with the NNPC and NDDC, the promoters of the companies made away with close to $ 3 billion, almost a tenth of our reserves.

Ethics and Integrity Minister James Nsaba Buturo responded to calls for action from Family Life Network by saying that legislation was being prepared to «take stern action against promoters of homosexuality and lesbianism in Uganda.»

«Raising the stakes on tax avoidance», a consultation document published by HM Revenue and Customs, sets out a number of proposals relating to the promotion and use of so - called high - risk avoidance schemes, aimed at reducing the use of such schemes.1 Commenting, CIOT President Stephen Coleclough said: «Those members of the public who become end users of high risk avoidance schemes are sometimes misled by the promoters of such schemes and are not fully made aware of the risks or consequences of their decisions.

Gene therapy offers a shortcut to bulking up: At the University of Pennsylvania, H. Lee Sweeney is developing a way to turn the liver into a factory that churns out a muscle growth promoter called myostatin propeptide.

To deliver the healthy gene, the team inserted it into an engineered virus called adeno - associated virus 1, or AAV1, together with a promoter — a genetic sequence that turns the gene on only in certain sensory cells of the inner ear known as hair cells.

This molecular complex then binds to the promoter region of a gene called Bmi1, an event that increases the expression of the gene.

The tissue clumps are nurtured in new broth infused with growth enhancers: a gelatin - like matrix of support proteins called Matrigel, B27 vitamin supplement, heparin and the growth promoter LIF.

In mice, active L1 genes have a type of promoter called «A», whereas inactive genes have a promoter called «F».

Monsanto holds the rights to several patents, including a key piece of DNA, called the 35S promoter, used to promote activity of the beta - carotene genes.

The protein, HSF - 1 (heat shock factor - 1), does this by binding to promoters upstream of the 350 - plus chaperone genes, upping the genes» activity and launching the army of chaperones, which originally were called «heat shock proteins.»

When a promoter is activated, a molecule called RNA polymerase gets to work, marching down the DNA strand and producing an RNA until it reaches another DNA snippet — a termination sequence — that tells it to stop.

Genetic analysis revealed that eight people who got relief from the placebo had a particular version of a gene that regulates serotonin production called the tryptophan hydroxylase - 2 promoter (TPH2), the researchers report tomorrow in the Journal of Neuroscience.

The National Infrastructure PHENOMIN is pleased to announce the results of its 6th Call: Generation and Characterization of CreERT2 cell specific promoter driven deleter mouse lines.

Live from Jodrell Bank is a partnership between three music promoters — From the Fields (the minds behind Kendal Calling), The Warehouse Project and Ear to the Ground — and Jodrell Bank.

A major discovery from those inquiries was that one player in that rewiring, a protein called ATF2, can switch from its usual tumor - preventive function to become a tumor promoter.

When genes are heavily transcribed, they have a tendency to form single - stranded DNA loops, called R - loops, near their promoter.

To determine if input from the PBP receptor could transcriptionally activate our synthetic signal transduction system, we produced plants containing: ssTNT.R3 → Fls - Trg - PhoR → PhoB - VP64 → PlantPho promoter:: GUS (Figure 1), hereafter called the complete signal transduction system.

The team's RGB system consists of 18 genes, 14 promoters, as well as other bits of DNA called terminators and plasmids, and 46,198 base pairs.

Dr Walsh has developed an amino acid blend, called MT Promoter which is intended to improve metallothionein protein production.

After entering the nucleus, NRF2 binds to and activates genes that have a special sequence called an «Antioxidant Response Element» (ARE) in their promoter.

August deals with two brothers, Tom and Josh (Adam Scott), who live large during the dot - com boom of» 01, creating an in - the - moment start up called Landshark that is riding the top of the bubble with Joshua as the creative designer of the site and Tom as the obnoxious highfalutin promoter and resident SOB.

While the word «accountability» never appears in Risk, its call for higher academic standards and its focus on student achievement as the main barometer of quality laid the intellectual groundwork for the rigorous curricula and tests envisioned by the promoters of standards - based -LSB-...]

Promoters of charter school expansion are calling for an increase in independent authorizers, such as nonprofits and universities.

Mike Shatzkin, publishing expert and founder of The Idea Logical Company, called Howey out, saying he is «a much better author and self - promoter than he is a business analyst,» and warns authors his advice is potentially «toxic.»

There are also some so - called news sites that will sell sponsorships to penny stock promoters.

Ron called the number on the card and a couple of days later received an email from the promoter with a «business plan» setting out details of the revolutionary magnetic engine, photos of the engine prototype and details of how to invest.

Say «no» to promoters who call you out of the blue, to anything you don't understand, or to anything illegal.

Edgar Orlaineta is a Mexican artist who has developed several functions in his environment, not only as an artist but also as a cultural and contemporary art promoter, for example, during 1996 to 1998 he ran a project space called Art Deposit where a lot of artists from his generation had a chance to exhibit their work for the first time.

Mr. Restany was best known as one of the founders and a tireless promoter of the European movement of the 1960s called the New Realism.