Sentences with phrase «in a single gene encoding»

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The researchers found that the blond hair commonly seen in Northern Europeans is caused by a single change in the DNA that regulates the expression of a gene that encodes a protein called KITLG, also known as stem cell factor.

Through the combination of linkage data and exome sequencing, they have identified a deletion or loss of a single base in the gene encoding STAG3, which results in a prematurely truncated protein without function.

The mutant gene — APC in colon cancer, for example — encodes a mutant protein that enables the single cell housing the mutation to grow at a faster pace than any of the cells surrounding it.

July 3, 2013 New mechanism for human gene expression discovered In a study that could change the way scientists view the process of protein production in humans, University of Chicago researchers have found a single gene that encodes two separate proteins from the same sequence of messenger RNIn a study that could change the way scientists view the process of protein production in humans, University of Chicago researchers have found a single gene that encodes two separate proteins from the same sequence of messenger RNin humans, University of Chicago researchers have found a single gene that encodes two separate proteins from the same sequence of messenger RNA.

A rare, premature aging disease, Hutchinson - Gilford progeria is caused by a single point mutation in the gene encoding lamin A, which forms a protein scaffold on the inner edge of the nucleus that helps maintain chromatin structure and organize nuclear processes such as RNA and DNA synthesis.

Anna Vorobyeva is characterizing human autism - associated single nucleotide variants (SNVs) in genes encoding proteins that regulate global protein synthesis.

In DNA, each protein is encoded by a gene (a specific sequence of DNA nucleotides that specify how a single protein is to be made).

The human microbiome — the diverse array of bacteria, yeast, parasites, and other single - celled organisms that live in and on our bodies — is comprised of more microbes than there are stars in the galaxy, and the genes encoded in microbiome DNA vastly outnumber our own genes.