Sentences with phrase «existing resistance genes»
Others were similar to existing resistance genes, but not precisely the same.
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The scientists also generated a panel of (reconstructed) ancestral and existing TRIM5 genes (19 total), expressed them in cultured cell lines, and exposed the cells to 16 different retroviruses (lentiviruses and others) to see which TRIM5 versions conferred resistance to which viruses.
Genes that code for resistance to antibiotics existed even before we discovered and started using antibiotics.
The gene, called the Pm3 resistance gene, exists in different variations, so called alleles.
The study demonstrates that the evolution of resistance will likely be a severe roadblock for existing CRISPR gene drive approaches, which must be addressed before scientists could successfully employ them in the wild.
These genes exist on plasmids, small segments of DNA that are capable of moving from one bacterium to another, potentially spreading antibiotic resistance to other bacterial species.