The bacterial expression vector pGEX - 5 × -1 / Sp1 was constructed by introducing an EcoRI / XhoI — treated Sp1
gene fragment into EcoRI / XhoI — treated pGEX - 5 × -1 vector.
Not exact matches
In SIF - seq, hundreds or thousands of DNA
fragments to be tested for enhancer activity are coupled to a reporter
gene and targeted
into a single, reproducible site in embryonic cell genomes.
The Tetrahymena intervening sequence (IVS) has been inserted
into the
gene for the alpha - donor
fragment of beta - galactosidase in a recombinant plasmid.
Next, they put the samples
into an instrument called a DNA sequencer — which automatically analyzes genetic material — to read short viral
gene fragments millions or even billions of times.
Finally, small beads are used to sort the mixture of DNA
fragments into the right combinations to make longer
genes, and the sections are combined.
Using a slew of molecular techniques, the team identified the color - stealing culprit in white grapes as a mobile
fragment of DNA, called a retrotransposon, which inserts itself
into the
gene controlling pigment production.
To look for
genes that might control genetic instability, the researchers added a small but toxic
fragment of the Huntington's disease
gene into two different strains of mice.
The mammalian expression vector pcDNA - SRα / FLAG - DDX 3 was constructed by insertion of a 2 - kb EcoRI / ApaI — treated
fragment of the DDX3
gene derived by reverse transcription - PCR (RT - PCR)
into EcoRI / ApaI — treated pcDNA - SRα / FLAG vector.
Some of the team's most significant findings since 2009 were the identification of a
gene mutation associated with blood cancers and the discovery of chromosomal crisis where the genome can be shattered
into hundreds of
fragments in a single cellular catastrophe.
The plasmids targeting each
gene were respectively transfected
into goat fibroblasts, and their genome modification efficiency was determined at day 3 using restriction
fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay (see Methods).
To compare the expression values across
genes and conditions, raw count data was transformed
into fragments per kilobase of exon per million
fragments (FPKM) with the formula:
The modern human ancestor who contributed
genes to this particular Neanderthal individual — called the «Altai Neanderthal,» and known from a tiny toe bone
fragment — must have migrated out of Africa long before the migration that led Africans
into Europe and Asia 60,000 years ago, the scientists say.
It acts as a caspase inhibitor, which means it could prevent the dangerous huntingtin protein from being broken
into small enough
fragments to enter the cell's nucleus and mess up the switching on and off of important
genes.
Unlike typical eukaryotic organisms, Tetrahymena has two nuclei — a micronucleus that contains normal chromosomes and a macronucleus whose chromosomes are
fragmented into thousands of small pieces of DNA that all encode the same ribosomal RNA
gene.