Furthermore, eliminating a number of the genes known to work in
the same gene pathway as Notch created similar chaotic patterns in the embryos, they report in the 18 June issue of Nature.
Though the research is currently limited to animals only, scientists have been able to significantly increase muscle building when muscles have been placed under loaded stretches - presumably by creating additional muscle damage and by stimulating
the same gene pathways switched on by the tension of muscle contraction.
Not exact matches
«We are not fixing the
gene; the mutation is still there,» says Belmonte, «Instead, we are working on the epigenome and the mice recover the expression of other
genes in the
same pathway.
Different
genes could affect the
same pathway, meaning that the different genetic anomalies found in people with ASD could potentially all be affecting similar
pathways.
The researchers also examined
gene expression in pre-existing skin biopsies from the
same twins to identify possible
gene pathways linked to acne.
Their results turned up an unexpected commonality: Early on in each of the diseases,
genes involved in the
same specific
pathway of cell death appeared to be activated.
It is based on the growing realization that many cancers share the
same gene mutations or
pathways to grow.
For example, it is not yet clear whether these
genes are regulated by the
same conserved signaling
pathways present in Dipterans, or whether novel immune signaling
pathways may also exist in Hymenoptera.
While the promoter mutations were not near known pancreatic cancer
genes, the team discovered that they affected some of the
same biological
pathways inside cells.
«It may have just a subtle influence,» suggests Dr. Cook, «but if we find two more autism - associated
genes with the
same prevalence — possibly additional hits along the
same pathway — 16 percent cubed comes to four in a thousand, close to the frequency of autism.
Basic mammalian biology At the
same time, Sumner was conducting a companion study to measure
gene activity in the adipose «lipolysis
pathway» — which follows the breakdown and mobilization of fat tissue — a major contributor to milk production.
The group then was able to identify the seven
genes that functions in the
same pathway related to calcium to control the length of sleep.
By assessing the incidence of a particular mutation or the frequency at which certain
genes /
pathways are altered across multiple patients (of the
same tumor type), it should be possible to identify key mutations.
Specifically, we have generated clusters of transcripts that behave the
same way under the entire spectrum of the sixty - seven experimental conditions; we have assembled
genes in groups according to their time of expression during successive days of ES cell differentiation; we have included expression profiles of specific
gene classes such as transcription regulatory factors and Expressed Sequence Tags; transcripts have been arranged in «Expression Waves» and juxtaposed to
genes with opposite or complementary expression patterns; we have designed search engines to display the expression profile of any transcript during ES cell differentiation;
gene expression data have been organized in animated graphs of KEGG signaling and metabolic
pathways; and finally, we have incorporated advanced functional annotations for individual
genes or
gene clusters of interest and links to microarray and genomic resources.
Gene deletion mutants of the
same pathway or with similar fitness alterations in steady conditions can largely differ in their response to dynamic conditions.
The
same set of RNAi
pathway genes is required for Drosophila defense against FHV and CrPV and both viruses encode a potent VSR.