Sentences with phrase «genes of unknown function in»

November 19, 2013 Study to identify functions of hypothetical genes in two infectious disease pathogens The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded the University of Chicago $ 4.4 million over five years to study genes of unknown function in bacteria that cause plague and brucellosis.

Even those Mycoplasma cells with less than 500 genes, there are still 200 genes of unknown function in that cell.

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In the current study, researchers analyzed 48 ethnically diverse patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, looking at symptom sets in patients found to have rare or previously unknown changes in the DNA code of the four genes that disrupted brain functioIn the current study, researchers analyzed 48 ethnically diverse patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, looking at symptom sets in patients found to have rare or previously unknown changes in the DNA code of the four genes that disrupted brain functioin patients found to have rare or previously unknown changes in the DNA code of the four genes that disrupted brain functioin the DNA code of the four genes that disrupted brain function.

This bacterium's entire set of genetic blueprints, its genome, consists of only 473 genes, including 149 whose precise biological function is unknown, researchers report in the March 25 Science.

They did, however, find copies of genes related to CDR1, CDR2, and few others that encode other transporters associated with drug resistance — although the way they function in C. krusei is unknown.

The most common genetic mutation in ALS and FTD is an abnormal repeated expansion of the coding sequence within a gene, C9ORF72, with unknown function.

The function of the encoded protein and why mutations in the gene cause a vestibular defect are unknown.

The causative mutation was a repetition of a piece of non-coding DNA, a so called tandem repeat, in a gene with an unknown function, named C9orf72.

Although these studies have generated vast amounts of descriptive data, the functions of most bacterial genes in these collections remain poorly characterized or wholly unknown.

The function of the majority of genes in the mouse and human genomes remains unknown.

In addition, the core genome and pangenome of twelve P. aeruginosa strains was reported (10), as well as the accessory genome of these species that ranged from 6.9 - 18.0 % of the total genome, with most of these accessory genes found in mobile elements, and a majority of them with unknown or unclear functioIn addition, the core genome and pangenome of twelve P. aeruginosa strains was reported (10), as well as the accessory genome of these species that ranged from 6.9 - 18.0 % of the total genome, with most of these accessory genes found in mobile elements, and a majority of them with unknown or unclear functioin mobile elements, and a majority of them with unknown or unclear function.

Key to the project are lab and bioinformatics exercises that will give students the unique opportunity to work with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory researcher David Jackson in determining the cellular analysis of Arabidopsis genes of unknown function.

This study identified 1,317 distinct genes found to be knocked out in humans; many of these genes (e.g., APOC3, PLA2G7, LPA) are being pursued as therapeutic targets, whereas many others are novel genes of unknown function.

About 64 percent of the genes have assigned roles in the cell, while 20 percent match other hypothetical genes with unknown function.