Sentences with phrase «expression of certain genes»

The Nishikura laboratory explores the phenomenon of RNA editing, which regulates expression of certain gene products by changing the sequence context of mRNAs.

The AR is able to integrate into a composite signal transduction that acts as a conduit which will lead to a much bigger expression of certain genes.

It also remains unclear how knocking down expression of certain genes in zygotes via sperm miRNA leads to altered stress response in adult animals and altered gene expression in the brain.

Moshe Szyf, a molecular biologist at McGill University, discusses the way parental licking and grooming affects the expression of certain genes in rat pups.

«By comparing the metabolism of twins subjected to different life conditions and with a different diet, it is possible to exactly assess the influence of the environment on the expression of certain genes and the way this affects clinical features and the risk for developing diseases» explained Johan Auwerx, director of the Laboratory of integrative systems physiology (LISP).

By blocking the expression of a certain gene in patients, University of Montreal researchers have contributed to the demonstration of great decreases in the concentration of triglycerides in their blood, even in various severe forms of hypertriglyceridemia and regardless of the base values or the treatment the patient usually receives.

Until now, scientists believed that DNA methylation actively reduced the expression of certain genes.

Until now, scientists believed that this epigenetic phenomenon actively reduced the expression of certain genes.

One of the most important epigenetic mechanisms investigated in the study was DNA methylation, a chemical reaction that adds methyl groups (made up of hydrogen and carbon atoms) to the DNA base cytosine, potentially preventing the expression of certain genes.

Based on previous work, the researchers had reason to think it was controlled by transcription factors — proteins that control the expression of certain genes by binding to DNA at specific locations to induce (or block) the transcription of information from DNA to RNA.

Active NtrC binds to DNA and boosts the expression of certain genes that allow the cell to live without nitrogen.

The work sheds light on the molecular basis underlying how the expression of certain genes facilitates the spread of metastatic lesions.

«It also affected the expression of certain genes in the brain that are involved in «neuroplasticity», which may be associated with memory impairment,» says Morris.

These studies suggest that algae, worms and flies possess mA and it acts to regulate the expression of certain genes, thus constituting a new epigenetic mark.

Instead, they show the expression of certain genes and DNA methylations were better indicators of the efficiency at which a cell line could be differentiated into the hematopoietic lineage.

This could potentially be used to turn off the expression of certain genes that are involved in tumour formations.

Not only were levels of metabolic compounds different, but the expression of certain genes involved in metabolism was turned up, and the epigenome of the cells — molecular markers on DNA that change gene expression on a broader scale — was altered.

Neglected pups grow up anxious and have more diabetes and heart disease — the stress of neglect causes changes to the chemical tags of the epigenome, which then results in the silencing or expression of certain genes.

McNamara, professor in the Department of Animal Sciences and (intercollegiate, multidisciplinary) Nutrition Program, and Sumner, his doctoral student and postdoctoral research associate, have demonstrated that chromium in the diet changes the metabolism of body fat in dairy cattle by stimulating the expression of certain genes while simultaneously decreasing the expression of others.

In this case, the identified cluster of miRs — known as miR - 193b - 365 — enhances brown fat formation in vitro by reducing the expression of certain genes in muscle / brown fat precursor cells.

This makes them bigger, of course, but also causes changes related to nitrogen balance and the expression of certain genes related to hypertrophy.

This makes your muscles look bigger, of course, but also positively influences several factors related to muscle growth, including nitrogen balance and the expression of certain genes.

This makes the muscles bigger, of course, but also positively impacts nitrogen balance and the expression of certain genes related to hypertrophy (muscle growth).

This conference will explore how emotional process in the family can interact with the expression of certain genes in members of the family that affect our behaviour and our health.