Sentences with phrase «copy gene»

Cells make proteins by copying genes into RNA molecules, which serve as templates for building proteins.

CHEMISTRY: Roger D. Kornberg of Stanford University, for his work over the past six years illustrating the molecular mechanism for copying genes in eukaryotes.

He suspects that other scientists will start looking for copied genes in the evolutionary history of other animals, both domestic and wild.

Instead, he and his research partner Rachel Li copied genes from mint and basil that encode for the enzymes that produce linalool and geraniol.

Fortunately, humans have a nearly identical copy gene called SMN2, however, SMN2 normally only makes a small amount of the correct SMN protein.

Fortunately, humans have a nearly identical copy gene called SMN2.

The samples were analyzed by liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry (LC - MS) to characterize the metabolite composition («metabolomics»), and biocrust DNA was extracted for shotgun sequencing to measure single copy gene markers for the dominant microbe species («metagenomics»).

By copying the gene for Spo0F (purple) early in the cell - division cycle and the gene for KinA (green) later in the cycle, the bacteria assure that the decision to form a spore or divide is made when DNA replication has completed.

The team then wanted to understand how these single - copy genes went from performing ordinary, nonvenom functions to acting as toxins.

Telomere length will be measured by the method adapted from that originally published by Cawthon.50 For each sample, the telomere length will be represented by the relative ratio of the telomere repeat copy number (T) to the single copy gene 36BA copy number (S).

Upgraded reference in hand, the lab discovered that, as might have been expected, the mouse and human X chromosomes have nearly 95 % of their X-linked, single - copy genes in common.

A key hurdle for the team was to create enzymes that could copy a gene from a DNA molecule to an XNA molecule, and other enzymes that could copy it back into DNA.

Nature is a master at constructing biological machines and circuits, including the ones that maintain the body's internal clock, copy genes or help cells move.

Several of the repeated regions involve genes regulating appetite and body weight; others occur in regions associated with breast cancer, leukemia, and nerve development, leading Wigler and his teammates to speculate that differences in these copied genes could help explain why some people are particularly susceptible to obesity, cancer, or neurological diseases.

Instead, Werren likened the functionality of these single - copy genes to «moonlighting» for extra cash, with the genes taking on a «night job» in the venom gland in addition to their «day job» elsewhere in the body.

To have an excuse for patenting genes and not lose commercial advantage to the United States, it exploited the idea of «copy genes.»

«The copied genes show us which bacteria species are in the sample and tell us new information about the diversity of arsenate - reducing microorganisms.»

In addition, the retroviruses used to ferry the genes into the cells (where they copy their genes into cells they infect) may also be cancerous.