Sentences with phrase «for genes involved»

High levels of gene expression were found in both strains for genes involved in growth, energy and respiration (e.g., ribosomal proteins, ATP synthase, pseudoazurin), and the C - 1 metabolic carbon such as methanol dehydrogenase, ribulose monophosphate enzymes (D - arabino -3-hexulose 6 - phosphate formaldehyde - lyase, 6 - phospho -3-hexuloisomerase), formaldehyde activating enzymes (Data S6, Fig.

******* A similar trend was observed for genes involved in osteoblast proliferation (Tgfb1, Fgfr2 and Pdgfa) and bone mineral metabolism (Col1a1, Col2a1, Col1a2 and Col11a1).

Inga Peter of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and her team looked for genes involved in the disorder by studying DNA from Ashkenazi Jews — an ethnic group in which Crohn's disease is up to three times more common.

To better understand what causes Fanconi anemia, Smogorzewska searched for genes involved in DNA interstrand cross-link repair.

By pinpointing landmarks (white dots) on this MRI, researchers can begin to look for genes involved.

A tenured reader at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom at the time, Kenwrick had been looking for genes involved in X-linked monogenic diseases since her postdoctoral years.

«One major adaptation is a positive selection for genes involved in hypoxia response and skeletal development, similar to those expressed in other organisms in high - altitude environments such as Tibet and the Andes,» Dr Subramanian said.

But they think that by looking at some of the chemical basis of, you know, weight loss and / or weight gain, then by manipulating it — and they also look for the genes involved in these chemical signals — then they can possibly translate that into drugs for humans or just understanding better the mechanism of weight loss and weight gain.

They then used a genetic technique called quantitative trait locus analysis to search for the genes involved in generating phenolics in the most promising progeny.

Not exact matches

Gene therapy, for example, frequently involves using a virus to deliver a gene to the cells that scientists are targetGene therapy, for example, frequently involves using a virus to deliver a gene to the cells that scientists are targetgene to the cells that scientists are targeting.

The treatment (which involves injecting people with modified viruses carrying the CRISPR technology that will go in and repair the faulty DNA) can be injected directly into the retina and, in this case, used to delete the portion of the CEP290 gene that's responsible for the disease.

Gene therapy involves the delivery, using a modified virus, of a healthy copy of a gene to make up for one that's deficient in a way that causes diseGene therapy involves the delivery, using a modified virus, of a healthy copy of a gene to make up for one that's deficient in a way that causes disegene to make up for one that's deficient in a way that causes disease.

Athletigen's process involves taking a sample of an athlete's saliva and subjecting it to genotyping analysis to search for 850,000 different gene variants that may play a role in the formation of athletic traits.

Adaptation is longer - term response and involves the change within the gene itself for optimal performance under the experienced stress.

In many animal model systems, for example, the precise genes involved in sexual partner selection have been identified, and their neuro - biochemical pathways have been worked out in great detail.

For instance, one admits that in much of evolution (probably all above the bacteria), evolutionary changes involve enormous numbers of genes, rather than a selection of one or two particular genes (although that occurs in a few instances, possibly, for instance, in industrial melanisFor instance, one admits that in much of evolution (probably all above the bacteria), evolutionary changes involve enormous numbers of genes, rather than a selection of one or two particular genes (although that occurs in a few instances, possibly, for instance, in industrial melanisfor instance, in industrial melanism).

Richard Simmons is accidentally booked instead of Gene Simmons for preparation of manicotti that involves making a tofu based spinach «ricotta» filling.

The OsAux1 gene is involved in the transport of the hormon auxin, which is important for virtually every aspect of plant growth and development.

For instance, van't Hof and colleagues (2016) showed recently that the dark colouration of the peppered moth is caused by the insertion of 22,000 bases into the DNA of a gene involved in wing development (Figure 1).

Out Run Rett raises funds for promising research involving gene therapy and honors two young Southold residents, Maren and Rachel, who suffer from the disorder.

«We think that the garter snake's evolved resistance to the newt's toxin can be used as a model for understanding complex adaptations that involve more than one gene,» McGlothlin said.

Some proteins that these genes code for are known to be involved in stress and cell death.

Researchers still have much to learn about the imprinting process and the genes involved, Zhang says, but the discovery of a second mechanism for silencing one copy of these genes underscores imprinting's importance.

An exciting prospect for the future involves the recovery of an entire system of clock - regulated genes in organisms such as fruit flies and mice.

«I think it awakens the possibility of gene therapy for neuropsychiatric diseases,» says Husseini Manji, a senior investigator at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development in Titusville, N.J., who was not involved in the study.

What's more, the gene codes for a chemical receptor involved in many brain functions, such as learning and memory, so the gene might also be involved in behavioral disorders.

Making a new gene, for example, used to involve months of toil and creativity.

But when they tried to pinpoint the genes involved, something unexpected happened: they stumbled on C1q, a gene for a protein important in the body's immune system.

The key insight for building such drugs came to Tim Tully, founder and chief science officer of Helicon, when his team at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island stumbled upon the molecular switch: a gene called CREB, which is involved in converting short - term memories into long - term ones.

Susceptibility genes for diabetes may be involved in several different metabolic pathways in the body, including storage and release of fat for energy.

One of the genes most often associated with anorexia nervosa codes for BDNF, a factor involved in neuron survival and neuroplasticity.

Unravelling the epigenetic control of the lactase gene involved a collaborative effort of CAMH, University of Toronto, the Hospital for Sick Children, Vilnius University and the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.

Some of these genes are involved in making the proteins encoded by the viral DNA and may make it easier for Mimivirus to co-opt host cell replication systems.

For example, the study found down - regulation of genes involved in interferon tau, the major signal of pregnancy recognition.

The fly has orthologs to 177 of the 289 human disease genes examined and provides the foundation for rapid analysis of some of the basic processes involved in human disease.

«Fascinating genetic studies had been done on SMCHD1 that linked the gene to FSHD2, a rare muscular dystrophy involving the interaction of multiple genetic sites, but it had never been connected to craniofacial abnormalities,» says Michael Talkowski, PhD, of the MGH Center for Human Genetic Research, co-senior author of the Nature Genetics paper.

The test would have looked at three genes: one for lactose intolerance, one involved in processing alcohol, and one involved in folate metabolism.

For example, genes involved in suppressing tumor formation are turned off via epigenetic mechanisms, and genes involved in rapid growth and replication are turned on too high.

«By greatly narrowing the specific genes involved in social disorders, our findings will help uncover targets for treatment and provide measures by which these and other treatments are successful in alleviating the desperation of autism, anxiety and other disorders,» says Korenberg.

Through these multiple discoveries, the Gladstone scientists noticed that the reprogramming process involves many genes and proteins important for cancer biology.

Researchers in Japan have succeeded in inducing the genes involved in oil synthesis in seeds to work for longer periods of time, thereby allowing them to accumulate more seed oil.

In March three separate teams announced that they had zeroed in on a DNA sequence on chromosome 1 that carries the gene for complement factor H, a protein involved in regulating inflammation.

When Orlando and colleagues examined horse DNA for genes that may have rapidly changed during domestication, they too found genes involved in neural crest cell function.

Four HCN genes that code for proteins which form ion channels in neurons could be involved, because these channels are vital for electrical signalling in nerves.

As a courtesy, Vogelstein, whose lab had already uncovered a fistful of genes involved in the disease, offered to test the 39 - year - old man for known mutations.

These genes code for proteins involved in transporting small containers called vesicles throughout the healthy cell, but these proteins are often hijacked by viruses in order to move the virus through the cell.

If a breast cancer line had silently contaminated Klonisch's cell culture early on, it would have been subject to the usual technique for immortalizing a normal cell (which involves applying enzymes, antibiotics and antibiotic - resistant genes).

A screen for mouse genes dependent on dHAND, a transcription factor implicated in neural crest development, identified Ufd1, which maps to human 22q11 and encodes a protein involved in degradation of ubiquitinated proteins.

Many of the additional 38 missing genes looked like they coded for proteins involved in controlling the activity of other genes.

«However, recent work has shown that at least some of the fungal partners in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses lack the genes for enzymes involved in the major pathway of lipid biosynthesis, and are therefore unable to produce certain essential fatty acids,» Gutjahr explains.