Sentences with phrase «fly gene for a protein»

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Zwiebel and colleagues scanned the mosquito genome looking for genes similar to those that generate fruit fly odorant receptors, proteins that project from nerve cells and initiate a biochemical cascade when they encounter certain molecules in the air.

For instance, one protein produced by a key fruit fly gene serves two separate functions over the course of fly development.

Researchers have known for several years that when fruit fly larvae metamorphose into adults, a gene called fringe produces a protein that tells certain cells to become the wing margin, the leading edge of a developing wing.

They compared space - flown endothelial cells to endothelial cells cultured under normal gravity, looking for differences in gene expression and / or in the profile of secreted proteins.

A team of biologists led by Gerald Wilkinson of the University of Maryland, University Park, studied a type of Malaysian fly, called Cyrtodiopsis, with a strange genetic battle being waged inside its body: To perpetuate themselves, genes on the fly's X chromosome code for proteins that kill sperm carrying a Y chromosome.

Ja says the fruit - fly research «provides a starting point for future studies aimed at uncovering the exact genes and circuits that enable meal size, protein, and salt to drive sleep.»