Sentences with phrase «codes for a protein of»

Human mitochondria, for example, have just 13 genes that code for proteins of their own but employ thousands of proteins in their quest to make energy for the cell.

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The OAR proposal uses a variation of therapeutic cloning called altered nuclear transfer (ANT) in which the nucleus of a donor cell (a skin cell, for example), containing the 30,000 genes of the genetic code, is altered in such a way that it produces an epigenetic factor, a protein called nanog.

Colour - Coded % DI (CC - % DI) system indicating the percent dietary contribution of energy, protein, total fat, saturated fat, total carbohydrate, sugar, fibre and sodium as in the M - % DI system, plus the relevant colour - code applied for total fat, saturated fat, sugar and sodium, based on nutrition criteria used in the TL system (Figure 1).

This can be tricky since most protein powders available have incredibly long lists of ingredients and sometimes even use code names for gluten, like «wheat protein.»

Non-dairy beverages must be nutritionally equivalent to milk and meet the nutritional standards for fortification of calcium, protein, vitamin A, vitamin D, and other nutrients to levels found in cow's milk, as outlined in the National School Lunch Program regulations per Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 210.10 (m)(3).

This type of RNA was different, though, in that it didn't make up or code for the instructions of a protein like a traditional gene but instead was «noncoding.»

As much as 98 % of the human genome is «non-coding» — it does not code for protein.

About one in 8,000 children is born with some form of SMA in which mutations in both copies of the gene that code for the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein cripples its production.

A human liver cell contains the same DNA as a brain cell, yet somehow it knows to code only those proteins needed for the functioning of the liver.

The disease results from a single mutation in the gene that codes for one of the protein chains that make up the hemoglobin molecule.

To generate the models, Jackson created two mutated versions of the PrP - coding gene by changing a single codon — one of the three - nucleotide «words» in genes that code for the various amino acids in proteins.

«It's a young field, but I think it's clear we have to reassess the central dogma of molecular biology that DNA is transcribed to RNA that codes for a protein.

By splicing genes for the original protein with ones that code for proteins containing different instructions, the researchers created a modified version of N - WASP.

It codes for a protein that is a powerful activator of natural killer cells, which usually attack viruses and other pathogens.

The DNA that codes for proteins makes up only 2 per cent of the human genome.

However, in the presentations, speakers for both teams said that two stretches of the gene code for so - called zinc fingers — protein structures that insert themselves into the grooves of DNA — suggesting that the encoded protein probably turns other genes on and off.

Recently he found that eight of the youngsters have a defect in a gene that codes for a receptor protein called melanocortin - 4, known to regulate eating in mice.

We have tested this hypothesis by estimating genomic point mutation rates for protein - coding genes in a range of animal taxa.

The researchers have now provided further evidence for this new theory by showing that the abnormal protein coded for this genetic disorder can be transmitted to normal animals by the injection of diseased cells into their brain.

A third influential gene was ARMS / KIDINS220, which codes for a protein that regulates the growth of nerve cells.

Sequencing the genome of one such organism, King and her colleagues found genes that code for pieces of the same proteins used for the binding of cells and communication between cells in animals — functions that would be unexpected in such an organism.

Each of these immune cells contains DNA that codes for a protein that recognizes bacteria, viruses, allergens, cancer cells and other potential disease - causing invaders.

Another connects post-traumatic stress disorder to methylation of the gene coding for neurotrophic factor, a protein that regulates the growth of neurons in the brain.

Affected family members, the group found, had inherited one or two defective copies of ZIC3, a previously unknown gene that appears to code for a transcription factor — a protein that switches other genes on or off.

Scientists designed the bacteria by adding 18 new genes to their genetic circuitry, including thousands of DNA bases that code for light sensor proteins that respond to red, green, or blue light.

The genes for the threads turned out to code for a mixture of two proteins.

Not long after the HD gene was isolated, studies led by MacDonald, also a co-author of the current investigation, found that a variation in the number of CAG trinucleotide repeats within the HD gene, which codes for a protein called huntingtin, is the primary determinant of the age at which HD symptoms appear, with a greater number of CAG repeats associated with an earlier symptom onset.

Schafer's team injected DNA that codes for their protein into the gonads of Caenorhabditis elegans nematode worms.

But knowing this, researchers note, does not necessarily explain what those genes do, given that many genes code for multiple forms of a protein, each of which could have a different role in a variety of biological processes.

And because trillions upon trillions of different nucleoside sequences can code for the same protein, there were plenty of ways to engineer more efficient ones — providing they could be predicted.

The two genes implicated — GNAQ and GNA11 — code for proteins (known as G proteins) that normally function as molecular on - off switches, regulating the passage of information from the outside to the inside of a cell.

Steitz shared the 2009 chemistry Nobel for his elegant elucidation of the three - dimensional structure and detailed function of the ribosome, the cellular organelle charged with the actual production of proteins as per the instructions of the genetic code.

Nabel's team selected a bit of Ebola DNA that codes for one of the virus's outer coat proteins, which allows the virus to wedge its way into host cells.

The team show that amino acids — the building blocks of proteins, which control our cells» functions — are each coded for by specific sections of DNA three base pairs long.

Moderna is also doing animal safety tests of a personalized cancer vaccine that would code for immune - activating proteins unique to a person's cancer cells, based on genetic sequencing of their tumor.

Using genetic data from more than 36,000 people with a variety of autoimmune diseases, researchers found that one genetic variant in the gene that codes for the TYK2 protein...

Many of the additional 38 missing genes looked like they coded for proteins involved in controlling the activity of other genes.

The LAT gene codes not for a protein but for a short stretch of RNA, Fraser and his colleagues report online this week in Nature.

Transcription - factor genes code for proteins that regulate the activity of other genes and so affect an animal's ability to respond to its environment.

The new locus they have identified is near a cluster of genes which code for proteins called «glycophorins» that are involved in the malaria parasite's invasion of red blood cells.

Genetic tests revealed that all ants in a monogyne colony have two copies of the B allele, but among the polygynes, at least 10 % are heterozygous, carrying a mutant allele, b, which Krieger says appears to code for a faulty protein.

By comparing proteomic and RNA - sequencing data from people on different exercise programs, the researchers found evidence that exercise encourages the cell to make more RNA copies of genes coding for mitochondrial proteins and proteins responsible for muscle growth.

The team integrated three, complementary gene sequencing approaches to look for mutations in tumor cells from SS patients: whole - genome sequencing in six subjects, sequencing of all protein - coding regions (exomes) in 66 subjects, and comparing variation in the number of copies of all genes across the genome in 80 subjects.

Sickle cell disease is a recessive genetic disorder caused by a single mutation in both copies of a gene coding for beta - globin, a protein that forms part of the oxygen - carrying molecule hemoglobin.

Xi's work also shows that even the genes that Rafflesia plants inherited from their own ancestors have appropriated the characteristics of the vines» genes; up to 30 percent of the corpse flowers» native genes code for proteins (the process that helps to determine physical traits) in a way that's more like the vines» than like its fellow Malpighiales».

The researchers found more than 120,000 RNA transcripts, of which they estimate 15,000 code for proteins.

In natural, unaltered organisms, she explains, each sequence of DNA in a genome codes for a particular outcome, expressed as a protein that determines a quality of the individual or even the species as a whole.

Making up 98 percent of the genome, these regions do not code for proteins, but they contain «switches» that like a conductor control when and where genes are expressed.

This is exon 11, which codes for 61 per cent of BRCA1's protein and was already known to be the site of some mutations.

By contrast, the new Zika candidate vaccine uses tiny strands of RNA that hold the genetic codes for making viral proteins.