Sentences with phrase «plant gene for the protein»

He took the plant gene for the protein and inserted it into yeast, then fed the modified yeast sugars and nutrients to stimulate fermentation.

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Xi's work also shows that even the genes that Rafflesia plants inherited from their own ancestors have appropriated the characteristics of the vines» genes; up to 30 percent of the corpse flowers» native genes code for proteins (the process that helps to determine physical traits) in a way that's more like the vines» than like its fellow Malpighiales».

The Pm3 gene is the «blueprint» for a protein that can receive signals in the plant cell, i.e. a receptor.

When they inserted those genes into crop genomes, through a technique called recombinant DNA, the plants were able to produce the protein for bug resistance on their own, eliminating the need to spray insecticide.

Most resistance genes, in wheat and other plants, code for protein receptors located inside cells; the Stb6 gene codes for a receptor protein on the cell's surface.

This behavior was associated with one specific plant gene, coding for a protein with unknown function.

The gene that codes for this clotting protein has a very similar sequence across many plant species, and the researchers showed that the microRNA from dodder targets regions of the gene sequence that are the most highly conserved across plants.

MicroRNAs are short molecules that work within all animal and plant cells, typically functioning as a «dimmer switch» for one or more genes, binding to the transcripts of those genes and preventing protein production.

But there may be a silver lining: Once researchers have cloned the gene and studied the protein it codes for, Tabashnik says, they might be able to use that knowledge to make better Bt plants.

The genes which encode these proteins therefore originate from the last common ancestor of mosses and flowering plants — the prehistoric plants which left the fresh water to dwell on rocks and thus laid the foundation for the development of all current ecosystems on the mainland.

When working properly, the two genes form the coupled protein and when something sweet enters the mouth the news is rushed to the brain, primarily because sweetness is a sign of rich carbohydrates — an important food source for plant - eaters and the nondiscriminating, like humans.

The team was able to work out the missing gene, and isolated the D14L protein as the critical element for the detection of these fungi in plants.

«In the short - term, introducing mutations in key genes will be the most wide application of this technology, where the aim is to kill DNA, avoiding the expression of toxic proteins, or introducing mutations in genes to make crops more resistant to diseases, or genes which limit crop adaptability, and to develop androsterile plants for hybrid production.

Joe's early implementation of molecular techniques to study auxin - regulated gene transcription and heat shock — regulated protein synthesis laid a foundation for the field of plant molecular biology.