Sentences with phrase «jumping genes for»

He and his team have studied LINE - 1 and other jumping genes for years, working with colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania and the Salk Institute, who are co-authors on this paper, and, in previous studies, with colleagues at Duke University.

Not exact matches

They found that the strain had acquired the gene for phospholipase A2, called SlaA, in the mid-1980s, which suggested that SlaA was responsible for the jump in virulence.

Knock out a certain Hox gene with CRISPR and Parhyale will grow forward - walking legs where it should have jumping legs, for example.

Although piRNAs have been known about for many years, scientists have until now had very little understanding of exactly how the piRNAs that guide PIWI proteins to jumping genes in the nucleus are produced.

A plasmid, a simple kind of DNA - delivery vehicle, will move a gene for antibiotic resistance into the bacterial cells, jump - starting the Crispr - Cas9 system.

Some proteins recycled from jumping gene parts have also proved extremely useful, especially for the immune system.

For people with two «low» versions of the gene, that number jumped to 15.9 percent.

CRE are Gram - negative bacteria that frequently express a gene that codes for carbapenemase — an enzyme that breaks down carbapenem and other antibiotics — and that is located on «mobile genetic elements» called plasmids, which can jump from one bacterium to another.

Figuring out what these jumping genes truly do in the human brain is the «next frontier» for understanding complex mental disorders, he says.

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.

The protocol is supposed to protect countries from unwittingly importing transgenics that could harm their environment — for example, if a gene inserted in a crop to make it resistant to herbicides were to jump into a related weed.

How these self - promoting genes jump to these prime locations remains a mystery, but the researchers believe it may have to do with the DNA's three - dimensional structure in particular areas that allows for genetic rearrangement when the genome is being copied or when certain genes are active.

In some cases, the jump altered gene expression in a way that influenced the stem cells» fate — making them more likely to turn into neurons, for example.

Jumping genes can be particularly destructive in sperm and eggs, since much of their genetic material is an essential part of the recipe for developing a healthy baby.

But this jumping gene didn't land in the DNA that provides the blueprint for making some protein.

To be sure the jumping gene was responsible for the black wings seen during the Industrial Revolution, Saccheri and his coworkers figured out how old the mutation was.

Scott will present, «Jumping Genes: What They Mean for Evolution and Medicine.»