The presence of such sequences could provide organisms with a way to modify their gene expression without altering the actual
coding sequence of genes.
They can do this by combining genes from many different organisms, or even by designing new ways to translate genetic
sequences of genes into protein products.
In some cases, the missing pieces can be picked up by comparing the new sequences with
known sequences of genes from other species.
The Myriad Genetics patents on BRCA1 / BRCA2 testing, even when enforceable, covered only the targeted
sequencing of those genes in cancer patients.
This cDNA lacks the non-coding «introns» found in the
full sequence of a gene and is therefore not a product of nature — which is why the court ruled that it can be patented.
To solve the puzzle, he and Malaysian colleagues collected bits of the flower of Rafflesia keithii from Borneo and analyzed the DNA
sequence of a gene called MatR.
Sarah Weckhuysen and colleagues report a study based on
targeted sequencing of the genes encoding the components of the GATOR1 (DEPDC5, NPRL2, and NPRL3) and GATOR2 (MIOS, SEC13, SEH1L, WDR24, and WDR59) complex in European probands with focal epilepsy with or without focal cortical dysplasia.
The policy — in the form of first Office Actions on a series of applications for patents on expressed sequence tags, ESTs — could greatly complicate basic gene therapy research by substantially allowing patents for
small sequences of a gene that may later be used by the patent holder to corner ownership and uses of entire genes.
That means that if a child has an undiagnosed heart disorder that may
merit sequencing of a gene, the parents could, for practical and cost reasons, agree to have their son or daughter's full genome sequenced.
But to ensure that the mice only produced lysostaphin in their mammary glands, Williamson's team spliced their gene to the
control sequences of another gene which works only in the mammary gland.
They conducted complete
genomic sequencing of all genes implicated in breast cancer on DNA samples from breast cancer patients who had normal BRCA1 and BRCA2 commercial test results.
This is the first study in human trials to identify genes driving acute peanut allergic reactions using a double - blind placebo - controlled approach with
comprehensive sequencing of genes expressed before, during, and after they ingested peanut.
«This newly
discovered sequence of genes enables Bacteroides ovatus to chop up xyloglucan, a major type of dietary fibre found in many vegetables — from lettuce leaves to tomato fruits.
Espinasa, L., Cahill, A., McCaffery, S., and Millar, C. (2013)
Partial sequence of a gene involved in skin coloration (MC1R) from the Pennsylvanian Grotto Sculpin.
As in Figure 7A, full - length
protein sequences of all genes were used, except for the three proteins containing predicted transmembrane domains, ZEEL - 1, Y71A12B.17, and Y55F3C.9.
The human (and all the other) genome projects were predicated on the reasonable assumption that spelling out the
full sequence of genes would reveal the source of that diversity of form and attributes that so readily distinguish worm from fly, mouse, chimp and human.
All the plant groups the researchers examined, except liverworts, contained at least one of three distinct introns — useless chunks of DNA located inside the
coding sequence of a gene — in two different genes.
Daugharthy first devised an algorithm to locate the sequence of the replica DNA with the
known sequence of genes in the human genome.
The classic data of bioinformatics include
DNA sequences of genes or full genomes; amino acid sequences of proteins; and three - dimensional structures of proteins, nucleic acids and protein — nucleic acid complexes.
«A mutation is a permanent change in the DNA
sequence of a gene, as orchestrated by God.
Blasting GM DNA into a plant arbitrarily and out of
a sequence of genes that has evolved over hundreds of millions of years, in a manner aimed to optimise the functioning of an organism, is risky and unpredictable, and bound to destabilise the biochemistry of the plant.
«Epigenetic marks are physical alterations to the DNA that do not change
the sequence of a gene, and thus have the potential to be reversed,» said Hurd.
Based on their previous work, they suspected that if a specific seven nucleotide stretch of an miRNA matched
the sequence of a gene, that miRNA regulated that gene.
In this standard view, the genetic differences between any two individuals are due to slight differences in
the sequence of their genes that mean that the genes «spell out» slightly different proteins.
Luckily, along came Armstead and his colleagues, who were working to precisely locate
the sequence of a gene called staygreen (sgr) in the meadow grass Festuca pratensis, some variants of which remain green in drought and other unfavorable conditions because they are unable to break down a green pigment.
As long as you have
the sequence of the gene you want to target, you're set.
Epigenetic modifications do not affect the DNA
sequence of genes, but change how the DNA is packaged and how genes are expressed.
Types of cancer are no longer divided up and treated according to the origin of the tissue; instead, targeted analyses (such as
the sequencing of genes or examination for the presence of certain proteins) are carried out to detect individual mutations that can be exploited in the therapy.
The Dutch test uses the polymerase chain reaction to amplify the DNA
sequence of the gene and adds a short modified sequence of nucleotides in front of it.
«Changes in genes» regulation — not in the DNA
sequence of genes themselves — were the driving force behind successful metastases in our experiments, and, as far as we know, this is the first genomewide experimental evidence for this phenomenon.»
Researchers report that one tiny variation in
the sequence of a gene may cause some people to be more impaired by traumatic brain injury (TBI) than others with comparable wounds.
They identified 24 previously unknown epigenetic changes that alter a woman's risk of breast cancer and can be passed down through generations without involving changes in the DNA
sequence of genes.
cDNA lacks the non-coding «introns» found in the full
sequence of a gene.
In brown bears,
the sequence of this gene varies from one bear to another, but all the polar bears surveyed have an identical version, with the exact same genetic code at nine variable spots in the gene, about half of which should change the function of the APOB protein.
«It shows how environmental factors can alter the genome without changing
the sequences of genes, but by altering how the genome is regulated,» she says.