Sentences with phrase «key genes responsible»

In recent years, scientists have tried to turn fast - growing bacteria into chemical factories by transplanting the key genes responsible for the exotic chemistry.

Researchers have sequenced the genomes of all 15 species of Darwin's finches, revealing a key gene responsible for the diversity in the birds» beaks.

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Alternatively, epigenetic changes — changes in the way genes are switched on and off — influencing key genes, induced by sex hormones, may be responsible.

A key cancer - causing gene, responsible for up to 20 percent of cancers, may have a weak spot in its armor, according to new research from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota.

The HLA (human leukocyte antigen) is a system of genes responsible for regulating immune responses, and peptides are short chains of amino acids that play key roles in regulating the activities of other molecules.

The combination of the University of Utah's genomics expertise and local families» detailed genealogical data has been key to discovering several genes responsible for certain forms of breast and colon cancer.

PPI does not introduce any foreign genes into its products; rather it regulates the plant's own genes to increase or decrease expression of the genes responsible for key traits.

Here's what you get during those minutes, according to new reports: an instant endorphin surge and drop in blood pressure, regulation of hunger hormones that may help you keep weight off, and key vitamin D synthesis that alters the expression of 291 genes responsible for everything from controlling how quickly your bones age to how fast you bounce back from tough workouts to how fertile you are.