Sentences with phrase «several genes for proteins»

Primarily, it turns on several genes for proteins that help the cells adapt to the lack of oxygen.

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Tsai's group manipulated the gene for the protein p25, which has been implicated in several neurodegenerative diseases, so that it could be easily switched on and off.

Researchers from several institutions, including, UCLA, Boston University, Stanford University and the Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife, analyzed blood samples from nearly 10,000 people to find that genetic markers in the gene responsible for keeping telomeres (tips of chromosomes) youthfully longer, did not translate into a younger biologic age as measured by changes in proteins coating the DNA.

They studied KAP1, a gene that codes for an essential protein associated with several fundamental processes in neurodevelopment.

The KAP1 protein acts as a regulator for several other genes which allow the brain to grow healthily and develop several types of brain cell.

Several of the viruses also release the gene for granulocyte - macrophage colony - stimulating factor (GM - CSF) an immune system protein.

Further investigation, says Resar, showed that these unusual properties arise from the ability of HMGA1 to turn on several genes involved in the Wnt pathway, a network of proteins necessary for embryonic development and stem cell activity.

The ADGRE2 gene provides instructions for production of ADGRE2 protein, which is present on the surface of several types of immune cells, including mast cells.

Several previously reported genes from simpler organisms code for proteins that oscillate in abundance.

Researchers have known for several years that when fruit fly larvae metamorphose into adults, a gene called fringe produces a protein that tells certain cells to become the wing margin, the leading edge of a developing wing.

EB results from mutations to any of several genes that encode proteins crucial for anchoring the outer layer of skin, the epidermis, to the tissue below.

Using methods for analyzing gene expression in mice, they identified several members of the «BMP» family of proteins from among more than 20,000 possible candidates.

The team also discovered genes for several of the proteins that make up the molecular scissors, or spliceosomes, that remove introns as the gene is translated into a protein.

The other finding was of a variant near genes for several so - called semaphorins, proteins that guide developing nerve cells as they grow toward their final targets.

Negotiations with the U.S. company that holds the license for commercialization of the vaccine — which contains a gene for the Ebola surface protein stitched into a livestock pathogen known as vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)-- have needlessly delayed the start of the trial, Becker and several other scientists tell Science.

But after several questions about potential outcomes of such early research, Niakan did «wildly speculate» that, if certain genes are found to be particularly important for development, one eventual approach might be to check during IVF whether eggs were making the proteins encoded by those genes, and if not, then add them to culture media.

Jeffrey Hall and Michael Rosbash of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and Michael Young of The Rockefeller University in New York City share the prize equally for their work on how several genes work together to control the basic circadian clock, encoding proteins that build up during the night and are broken down during the day.

In partnership with several international programs, the initial five - year phase of KOMP will reach its goal of creating knockout mouse embryonic stem cell lines for each of the approximately 21,000 protein - coding genes in the mouse genome this year.

But Yang targeted several genes that code for the protein that causes mushrooms to turn brown as they age or get bruised.

Gene ontology analysis of the genes affected across several tissues (Supplementary Fig. 8) shows enrichment for genes in the extracellular region and genes involved in nucleosome and chromatin assembly and in protein — DNA complexes.

Despite evidence for divergence at several loci, certain 1a characteristics were preserved including the length of the alternative reading frame / F protein (ARF / F) gene, and a subtype 1a - specific phosphorylation site in NS5A (S349).

Over the last several years, sequencing patients» protein - coding genes — known as whole - exome sequencing — has facilitated molecular diagnosis and as served as a research tool for discovering the fundamental genetic bases for over 100 Mendelian diseases.

In another clinical study on healthy subjects done at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC), PrimaVie was found to upregulate the genes responsible for the synthesis of collagen and several other related proteins — a total of 17.

Hundreds of studies have indicated that practicing this diet for several years can help fight a host of potential causes of inflammation, help maintain a healthy protein turnover rate — a process critical to slowing the aging process — and it even activates an incredibly powerful anti-aging gene.