Sentences with phrase «cascades of gene activity»

To the scientists, these findings collectively suggest that changes in chromatin leads to cascades of gene activity that drive fly development.

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Scientists have shown that this voltage change can trigger a cascade of biochemical reactions that relay messages to the cell nucleus, changing gene activity and altering cell growth and differentiation.

This cascade of activity enables PRC2 to spread this modification over the entire neighboring gene loci, thereby marking it for silencing.

Using a variety of experimental techniques, the researchers determined that the gene fusion initiates a cascade of events that increases mitochondrial activity.

McKay and his team plan further research to study how these cascades of changing chromatin accessibility and gene activity differ from one part of the fly to another.

Using the fruit fly Drosophila, a standard lab model for studying animal biology, the researchers discovered a cascade of molecular signals that program gene activity to drive the fly from one stage of maturation to the next, like a baby turning into an adult.