Sentences with phrase «coding gene responsible»

In about 70 percent of the cases, he found a dislocation in a particular region of a certain chromosome, but at first he could not find any protein - coding gene responsible.

Not exact matches

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.

There are two other genes, on different chromosomes, that code for different forms of the enzyme, and the team is now investigating whether mutations in these genes might be responsible for the other cases of ALS.

Compare that to the roughly 2 percent of the genome that is responsible for the protein - coding genes that researchers have been relying on to look for diseases and traits.

To identify genetic changes likely to be responsible for the giraffe's unique characteristics, including sprints that can reach 37 miles per hour (60 km / h), Cavener and Agaba compared the gene - coding sequences of the giraffe and the okapi to more than forty other mammals including the cow, sheep, goat, camel, and human.

The team identified the gene affected by the mutation code for asparagine synthetase, the enzyme responsible for synthesizing the amino acid asparagine.

In addition to looking at transcription factors, researchers have studied the genes that code for the enzymes responsible for building up the plant's biomass.

The finding that bsl1 - 1 and bsl1 - 2 fail to complement and have SNP variation affecting dramatic changes in the coding capacities of the same gene demonstrate that loss of Sevir.7 G140700 function is responsible for the bsl1 mutant phenotypes.

Personalized Genome Sequencing Reveals Coding Error Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists used «personalized genome» sequencing on an individual with a hereditary form of pancreatic cancer to locate a mutation in a gene called PALB2 that is responsible for initiating the disease.

With his bioengineering experience, Denby knew that it was possible, though difficult, to isolate the genes that code for those two flavor molecules and insert them into brewer's yeast, the microbe responsible for fermenting barley into beer.

Another point mutation in the gene coding for dynactin, which participates in the dynamic of phagosomes, is responsible of fALS (40).

The MLPH gene codes for a protein called melanophilin, which is responsible for transporting and fixing melanin - containing cells.