Sentences with phrase «express foreign genes»

Indeed, because eggs are large cells that are relatively easy to manipulate, they are one of the favored cell types used by biologists to express foreign genes and to test gene function.

By expressing foreign genes in target cell types, they hope to be able to specifically silence or activate cells of interest.

Not exact matches

When the team looked at what gene signatures the RORγt - dependent ILCs expressed, they found high expression of major histocompatibility complex class II (MHCII) protein, which some cells use to display foreign proteins to the immune system and directly interact with T cells.

The scientists had strategically inserted these foreign DNA «markers» at particular points along the genome, next to genes expressed only in embryonic stem cells.