Sentences with phrase «gene responsible»

While the identification of genes responsible for common canine diseases is rapidly advancing, those genes underlying behaviours remain elusive.

Researchers have identified the set of genes responsible for peanut and other nut allergies.

A single gene responsible for type 1 disease has been identified.

The defective gene responsible for the loss of the tail also affects other parts of the spine and may cause severe spinal and / or neurological problems.

The same gene responsible for their white fur coloring controls their eye color.

At the time, however, the specific gene responsible for higher yield among these varieties had not been identified.

Scientists may have discovered the first gene responsible for how young — or old — we look to others.

First, the researchers found that the activity of several genes responsible for recognizing and repairing damaged DNA is turned down during the course of the infection.

But for a gene therapy to be effective, one must know the precise gene responsible for a given individual's disorder and develop a tailored treatment.

Previous studies have identified a number of risk genes responsible for making proteins that are associated with the disease.

The pair work together to develop detection methods for new and emerging tomato viruses, identify the tomato genes responsible for virus resistance, and make this information available to plant breeders.

There is likely more than one gene responsible because children born to two left - handed parents only have a 30 % to 40 % chance of being left - handed.

Since the completion of the canine genome in 2005, science has been able to pinpoint individual genes responsible for particular traits.

This condition has a genetic component, but there is no single gene responsible for the condition.

Of particular interest was the group of genes responsible for temperature sensation, which also play roles in hair growth and fat storage.

In addition, genes responsible for activating and recruiting T cells to an infection were also suppressed.

«Sleep tight, fruit fly: Scientists find gene responsible for sleep deprivation and metabolic disorders.»

The men most likely to benefit could be identified by genetic testing to look for mutations in genes responsible for DNA repair — including the BRCA genes and the gene ATM.

When BMP turns ES cells into muscle it activates a protein called Smad1, a DNA - binding protein that, in opposition to Nanog, switches on genes responsible for muscle cell fate.

Researchers hope to use these data to pinpoint genes responsible for more than 100 poorly understood X-linked diseases.

Further testing confirmed this in human cells, even those carrying the mutated gene responsible for MPNs in patients.

A therapy that replaces the faulty gene responsible for cystic fibrosis in patients» lungs has produced encouraging results in a major UK trial.

The study further found that the accumulated Rep - MYB proteins target genes responsible for transitioning the cell to M phase.

In recent years, scientists have tried to turn fast - growing bacteria into chemical factories by transplanting the key genes responsible for the exotic chemistry.

The technique has already revealed genes responsible for muscle problems and diabetes,» Hastie says.

«New gene responsible for stroke discovered.»

Liu's experiments began by breeding finches with a singular genetic mutation — the introduction of mHTT, the mutant human gene responsible for Huntington's disease.

The study highlighted «highly significant» changes in two specific gene locations (loci), which include genes responsible for immune and cellular functions that could contribute to the development of CD.

Looking at multiple sites in the Pacific Northwest, the scientists identified 21 cases, including 16 isolates of A. baumannii that contained a rare gene responsible for resistance to the carbapenem class of antibiotics.

Working with A * STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), the team was able to identify the functional genes responsible for breaking down PCBs.

Yellow pea protein has been shown in animal and human studies to have a positive impact on total and LDL cholesterol by downregulating genes involved in fatty acid synthesis and upregulating genes responsible for uptake of cholesterol in the liver.

The vegan diet managed to activate genes responsible for preventing diseases and deactivate genes which cause different health conditions such as Alzheimer's, prostate cancer, breast cancer, heart disease, and other diseases (read more >).

The choline in eggs is a metabolism - boosting compound that can turn off certain genes responsible for fat storage and make it easier to lose weight.

Other ongoing projects associated with the APT Program include breeding peaches for better fruit quality and increased disease resistance, studying and sequencing genes responsible for nodule formation in legumes, expanding the genetic diversity of cotton while improving fiber quality and exploring the mechanisms by which weedy species develop resistance to herbicides.

«Why premature cell division promotes cancers: Researchers have discovered how genes responsible for cell division, when mutated, disrupt the replication process of the genome and promote tumor formation.»

«Our work showed that SPIKE is indeed one of the major gene responsible for the yield increase that breeders have spent many years searching for,» said Dr. Inez Slamet - Loedin, head of IRRI's Genetic Transformation Laboratory.

UCLA researchers report that the «master regulator» genes (in red) influence many other genes responsible for the effects of brain trauma.

The results, reported in the July 19 Science, reveal a small cluster of E. lenta genes responsible for nixing digoxin.

In an attempt to complete its long - standing goal of designing a minimal genome, Venter's team designed and synthesized a 483,000 - base, 471 - gene M. mycoides chromosome from which it had removed genes responsible for the production of nutrients that could be provided externally, and other genetic «flotsam».

The final gene responsible for making morphine has been identified in poppy plants, setting the stage for engineering the full pathway into microbes.

New research has found that the pharmaceuticals, which are frequently showing up in U.S. streams, can alter genes responsible for building fish brains and controlling their behavior

They identified three nearby genes responsible for transport in and out of the cell, and upon transferring these specific genes to E. coli, were able to produce an elusive TDA resistant bacterial strain.

In 1970 Duesberg, along with a colleague, Peter Vogt, isolated the RSV gene responsible for causing those tumors — the SRC gene.

As a next step, the team aims to introduce genetic mutations that are capable of reversing uracil deficiency in the mutant dinoflagellate, which may provide clues for identifying algal genes responsible for symbiosis.

In about 70 percent of the cases, he found a dislocation in a particular region of a certain chromosome, but at first he could not find any protein - coding gene responsible.

Their hypothesis was that the possible genes responsible for the pro-tumour role of the CAFs would be expressed at high levels only in these fibroblasts, and not in fibroblasts of the healthy tissue.

Until now, we didn't know any of the phytoplankton genes responsible for the synthesis of this highly abundant marine nutrient.»

These traits helped growers sell their crops for more money, but growers neglected genes responsible for taste, Klee says, and many of these were lost or tamped down over thousands of generations.