Sentences with phrase «functional elements in the human genome»
The goal of ENCODE is to build a comprehensive parts list of functional elements in the human genome, including elements that act at the protein and RNA levels, and regulatory elements that control cells and circumstances in which a gene is active.
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«We are making great strides in identifying functional elements in the human genome, but we still don't know much about their biological relevance,» said NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD.
The latest chapter in our story is ENCODE; an ambitious project which aims to characterise all the functional element in the human genome.
Broad scientists are working to extend this knowledge by identifying and studying the functional elements in the human genome and the epigenome.
ENCODE was created to assemble a comprehensive catalog, or «parts list,» of all functional elements in the human genome.
And now, the ENCODE Consortium has provided us exactly what they promised: an encyclopedia of the functional elements in the human genome.
A second, perhaps less - hyped initiative (called the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements, or ENCODE) set out to delineate all functional elements in the human genome.
ENCODE was launched in 2003 to identify and characterize the functional elements in the human genome sequence.
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) launched a public research consortium named ENCODE, the Encyclopedia Of DNA Elements, in September 2003, to carry out a project to identify all functional elements in the human genome sequence.