Sentences with phrase «key genes likely»

Such key genes likely would serve as signposts to biological pathways important to normal and disordered dental development.»

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In other words, these four genes likely play a key role in the biology of the disorder.

Together, these experiments show that the PERIOD3 gene likely plays a key role in regulating the sleep - wake cycle, influencing mood and regulating the relationship between depression and seasonal changes in light availability, the team reports today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

A decade of post-genomic biology has also focused new attention on the regions outside protein - coding genes, many of which are likely to have key functions, through regulating the expression of protein - coding genes and by making a slew of non-coding RNA molecules.

The researchers conclude that the mutated gene likely plays a key role in predisposing people to allergy.

Kriegstein notes that the hunt will likely commence for small molecules capable of activating the key genes.

This led Lippman's team to propose that the ancient function of the HPAT genes is to control tip growth, which, Lippman says, is likely related to key proteins that are critical for forming cell walls.

PEOPLE with a gene variant known to be linked to aggression may have been born with key brain differences that could make them more likely to snap under pressure.

The team found deep conservation of certain processes that likely reflects similar underlying regulatory processes between mouse and man, but there were also significant differences in gene expression during kidney development, as well as in the timing, scale, organization, and molecular profile of key cell types and cell structures.

Taking advantage of these «simplified» versions of melanoma, the researchers identified a dozen of new genes that are likely to play key roles in the initiation and / or progression of human melanoma.

To find out if such a gene - environment interaction is involved, they first identified a likely candidate gene, FADS2, which codes for an enzyme known to play a key role in fatty acid production.

These two histones thus have a key role of epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes in breast cancer (and likely other cancers), suggesting that they may represent new therapeutic targets.

A key step in the analysis of rare variants in disease is to distinguish genetic variants that are likely to disturb gene function.

In terms of helping physicians diagnose whether a prostate cancer is likely to metastasize, this research suggests that if a patient's tumor lacks the key tumor suppressing genes then a potential preventative treatment could be diet, or a future fat - blocking drug.