Sentences with phrase «engineered gene switches»

Porcar's team engineered gene switches in Escherichia coli to produce proteins that emit different coloured fluorescent light when factors such as heat, acidity and oxygen levels change.

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To determine the effect of mutations that reduce TET2 function in abnormal stem cells, the research team genetically engineered mice such that the scientists could switch the TET2 gene on or off.

This type of switch should also be applicable to other engineered metabolic pathways because the genetic circuit can be targeted to shut off other genes.

The researchers engineered a strain in which a Synechococcus gene normally turned on during photosynthesis signals its activity by switching on the gene for luciferase, an enzyme from another bacterium that drives a light - emitting chemical reaction.

To confirm the links, the group harnessed cutting edge techniques in genetic engineering and viral gene delivery to switch on neurons in the front of healthy mouse brains.

Researchers have developed a set of genetic switches that can be built into engineered organisms, to control the function of genes they need to survive.

A key future experiment will involve attaching a malaria - resistance gene to the Myd88 code engineered to get switched on in the offspring during early development.

With the help of this grant, we are generating mice engineered to switch off the APOE gene only in microglia and performing molecular profiling without having to isolate microglial cells first.

You've just been tasked with discovering which genes in the human genetic code do what by forcefully genetically engineering babies to have certain traits defined by which genes you switch on.