Sentences with phrase «genes code for»

SHANK genes code for scaffold proteins located at the post-synaptic density of glutamatergic synapses.

Their objective is to map the interactions among the 65 proteins those genes code for and chart the networks between proteins, like drawing constellations out of stars in the sky.

Larison and her research team have also collected zebra tissue samples and have used cutting - edge technology to sequence zebra DNA to try to identify which genes code for striping.

The cells then produce more of what the genes code for: cytokines, which are messenger molecules that circulate in the blood and activate immune cells.

Both genes code for proteins that function as growth factor receptors, meaning they sit on the surface of cells and, when activated, can spur the rapid cell growth that is a hallmark of cancer.

Unusually, many of its genes code for proteins that help shuttle materials into or out of the cell, which marks the bacterium as a generalist equipped to deal with a broad range of soil conditions and food sources.

To the group's surprise, two of those genes code for proteins that restrict a jumping gene called long interspersed element - 1or L1, for short.

These genes code for proteins that help use oxygen to generate chemical energy for the body.

The gas vesicle genes code for proteins that act like either bricks or cranes in building the final vesicle structure — some of the proteins are the building blocks of the vesicles while some help in actually assembling the structures.

Different genes code for different proteins, but different proteins can also come from the same gene.

Adam, a robot designed at Aberystwyth University in the UK, created 20 hypotheses about yeast genes and illuminated a decades - old puzzle concerning which genes code for an enzyme.

Over half of the 70 genes code for proteins that are known to regulate development and physiology of the skeletal, cardiovascular, and nervous system — just the type of genes predicted to be necessary for driving the development of the giraffe's unique characteristics.

All of these genes code for transcription factors, which are proteins that control the expression of other genes.

Ten of those genes code for odor receptors, which researchers anticipate could become targets for future louse repellents.

«Genes code for the sequence of amino acids in proteins, and some are involved in the regulation of the expression of other genes,» he says.

Xi's work also shows that even the genes that Rafflesia plants inherited from their own ancestors have appropriated the characteristics of the vines» genes; up to 30 percent of the corpse flowers» native genes code for proteins (the process that helps to determine physical traits) in a way that's more like the vines» than like its fellow Malpighiales».

Transcription - factor genes code for proteins that regulate the activity of other genes and so affect an animal's ability to respond to its environment.

These genes code for surface features on the toxin that trigger antibody production.

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.

A phage means bacteria eater and so they were very specific hosts, which is a very specific bacteria, and we like these viruses a lot because they only have a couple different genes and those genes code for a couple different proteins and so they are easy for us to manipulate in the lab.

But knowing this, researchers note, does not necessarily explain what those genes do, given that many genes code for multiple forms of a protein, each of which could have a different role in a variety of biological processes.

(The DNA in genes code for mRNA, which, in turn, codes for proteins.)

«For example, viral genes code for their own proteins that process their DNA,» said Gundlach.

These are sequences made in the lab from RNA — the template used to produce the proteins that genes code for.

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

Ginkgo's executives request the gene code for the oil from an outside provider.

In particular, he has focused on targeting the gene coding for flagellin protein b, or flaB, which has proved to be quite distinct from one genospecies to the next.

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.

The COMT gene codes for an enzyme that breaks down dopamine in the prefrontal cortex.

Mitochondria contain genes coding for proteins important in energy production.

However, in the presentations, speakers for both teams said that two stretches of the gene code for so - called zinc fingers — protein structures that insert themselves into the grooves of DNA — suggesting that the encoded protein probably turns other genes on and off.

His suspicionswas confirmed: the children had an identical defect — a missing single nucleic acid, called guanine — in the gene coding for leptin.

Another connects post-traumatic stress disorder to methylation of the gene coding for neurotrophic factor, a protein that regulates the growth of neurons in the brain.

The MDR1 gene codes for a protein that helps to extract drugs from cells.

Then, 15 years ago, Shatz stumbled across genes coding for MHCI in fetal cat brains.

The normal gene codes for a receptor for ethylene, a gaseous plant hormone that ripens fruit.

Shatz got a hint when she looked up ailments associated with mutations in genes coding for the human version of MHCI.

There are several reasons why nobody before Shatz had found genes coding for MHCI in normal neurons.

They sequenced the gene coding for the receptor in patients with either severe skin allergies or hyper - IgE syndrome, a rare condition in which the body produces too much IgE.

Juha Tapanainen of Oulu University Hospital in Oulu and colleagues at the University of Helsinki studied 15 brothers of infertile women who had mutations in the gene coding for the FSH receptor.

His trick was to insert the gene coding for CREB into a version of the herpesvirus that can infect neurons without spreading to nearby cells.

Many genes are likely to influence delay discounting; and some of Dr. Ahokhin's preliminary data suggest that these «impulsivity genes» may include genes coding for enzymes that synthesize the neurotransmitter serotonin and receptors where serotonin binds in the brain.

By comparing proteomic and RNA - sequencing data from people on different exercise programs, the researchers found evidence that exercise encourages the cell to make more RNA copies of genes coding for mitochondrial proteins and proteins responsible for muscle growth.

She has tracked dramatic increases in the prevalence of several genes and suites of genes coding for drug resistance.

Sickle cell disease is a recessive genetic disorder caused by a single mutation in both copies of a gene coding for beta - globin, a protein that forms part of the oxygen - carrying molecule hemoglobin.

Previous work in Atlantic salmon has shown that the diversity of genes coding for the MHC binding site is lower in animals that typically live in lower temperature conditions.

By selectively adding or deleting stretches of DNA in the (artificially) fertilized cell, scientists could knock out genes for a disease like diabetes or insert genes coding for extra height or intelligence.

Most resistance genes, in wheat and other plants, code for protein receptors located inside cells; the Stb6 gene codes for a receptor protein on the cell's surface.

This gene codes for part of a pore in nerve cells called a potassium channel that is vital for transmitting nerve impulses to adjoining cells.

James Reid and his colleagues at the University of Tasmania in Hobart will report in the August issue of The Plant Cell that the tallness gene codes for an enzyme involved in the manufacture of the growth hormone gibberellin.