Sentences with phrase «contain repeating sequences»

Not exact matches

Pollock says that snakes» genomes may be unusually prone to change because they contain many repeated sequences that promote misalignment of chromosomes and so make gene duplications more common.

Their simulations confirmed experimental results by other labs that showed the length of repeating polyglutamine sequences contained in proteins is critical to the onset of disease.

Now, a team led by University of Pennsylvania physicists has used solid - state nanopores to differentiate single - stranded DNA molecules containing sequences of a single repeating base.

The stretch of DNA at the beginning of the HD gene, which contains the sequence CAG repeated many times, and is abnormally long in people who will develop HD

A normal version of the FMR1 gene sequence, where the fragile X syndrome can develop, contains 5 - 55 nucleotide (CGG) repeats.

The direct repeat regions contain sequences required for processing pre-crRNA into mature crRNA and tracrRNA binding.

Their genome uniquely contains a dodecamer repeat sequence within the NHLRC1 gene, which is prone to expansion.