16S rRNA
gene copies per reaction were quantified in the six study subjects using (a) PSP extraction method and (b) MO BIO extraction method.
Not exact matches
Tumours in these mice grew 50
per cent more slowly than those in healthy mice, indicating that one extra
copy of the
gene has a significant effect on tumour growth (Nature, DOI: 10.1038 / nature08062).
The investigators found that people with only one working
copy of the
gene had LDL cholesterol levels an average of 12 milligrams
per deciliter lower than the wider population of people with two working
copies of the
gene.
Left: One
copy of the altered
gene is inherited, leading to a 50 percent chance of passing it on
per generation.
CRISPR disabled the mutant
gene copy in around 10
per cent of cells.
They found that 10
per cent of these children have
copy number variations (CNVs) affecting
genes deemed clinically relevant.
About 1 in 25 people in white populations carry one normal
copy of the
gene and one mutated
copy, and 70
per cent of all CF carriers in the northern European group carry the same single mutation in the
gene.
Two groups of researchers published the first genome - wide CNV maps, which illustrated that variation in
gene quantity is actually quite common: each group found about 12
copy number imbalances
per person.
Carrying two
copies of a single - letter change in the DNA of chromosome 16 led to a 35
per cent increase in activity of the
gene GSPT1 ¬ in men with testicular cancer, compared with those without.
Amphimedon has single
copies of most metazoan kinase classes, but has several expansions of over 50
genes per class.