Researchers know that cells chop
single genes into shorter pieces called exons, which they mix and match into one transcript for creating a protein.
Scientists had simply inserted
a single gene into bacteria and coaxed them into churning out as many copies of the same protein as possible.
Not exact matches
The
genes that control the sperm - making machinery are all packed
into a
single chromosome — the Y chromosome, the one that confers maleness.
In SIF - seq, hundreds or thousands of DNA fragments to be tested for enhancer activity are coupled to a reporter
gene and targeted
into a
single, reproducible site in embryonic cell genomes.
By using engineered zinc - finger nucleases (ZFNs) designed to target an integrated reporter and two endogenous rat
genes, Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and Rab38, we demonstrate that a
single injection of DNA or messenger RNA encoding ZFNs
into the one - cell rat embryo leads to a high frequency of animals carrying 25 to 100 % disruption at the target locus.
They created a
single - base mutation in a spot that mutates readily, then inserted this
gene into each strand.
Then they put all six
genes into a
single piece of DNA, so that they would all be transcribed together — and found that they could reconstitute the «3 - D printer» that assemble tubulin dimers.
Harvard Medical School researcher Melina Claussnitzer and her team found that a
single variation in the FTO
gene caused fat cells that would normally become healthier beige to turn
into white fat cells instead.
After just a
single dose, rat intestinal cells pumped out bacterial lactase for up to 6 months — showing that the gut cells had inserted the
gene into their DNA and were using it to manufacture the enzyme.
These multigene interactions are subtler and knottier than the
single gene drivers of diseases such as hemophilia and cystic fibrosis; spotting them calls for statistical inspiration and rigorous experiments repeated again and again to guard against introducing unproven
gene tests
into the clinic.
Multiple
genes can feed
into a
single trait.
However, cancer cells may instead be coaxed to turn back
into normal tissue simply by reactivating a
single gene, according to a study published June 18th in the journal Cell.
However, cancer cells may instead be coaxed to turn back
into normal tissue simply by reactivating a
single gene, according to a study that found that restoring normal levels of a human colorectal cancer
gene in mice stopped tumor growth and re-established normal intestinal function within only 4 days.
By introducing a
single human
gene into mice, scientists endowed the animals with full - color vision.
After the
gene was duplicated — now I just mention [ed] that duplication takes place all of the time, they are common sort of genetic accidents — but after the
genes were duplicated, now there was the opportunity to divide the labor that was once stored by a
single gene; now divide that labor
into two
genes, and what happened is, a series a mutations have taken place that has optimized each role — that the regulatory sensor role of GAL3 and the enzymatic - converting role of GAL1.
«This treatment takes
into account the entire genomic pattern, and shows that affecting a
single gene is not enough for the treatment of pancreatic cancer or any cancer type in general,» according to Prof. Satchi - Fainaro.
Nature got a boost in the ongoing nature - versus - nurture debate this year when researchers at Emory University in Atlanta announced they could turn promiscuous male rodents
into faithful cuddlers by manipulating a
single gene.
Mutations generally abrogate
gene function, indicating that the maize allele acts by suppressing lateral shoot development, converting grassy teosinte
into slim,
single - stalked modern corn and male
into female reproductive structures (7).
«This methodology is very important because it allows you to very quickly integrate almost any piece of DNA in these vectors,» remarks Bellen, who says this technology also allows scientists to put
single point mutations in a
gene and then reinsert the
gene into a genome as well as tagging a segment of DNA with fluorescent markers.
In other words, type 2 diabetes could never make it
into the Finnish Disease Heritage, where a change in a
single gene is decisive.
Brandis and Hughes changed many different codons and showed that changing even a
single codon in the
gene for this protein
into any one of the alternative «synonymous» codons reduced the «fitness» of Salmonella.
This will offer us unique insights
into the relationships between epigenetics and
gene activity and will help us to better understand the processes that convert a
single cell
into the many different cell types in the body.»
A recently published study from two Iowa State University scientists shows that a
gene found only in a
single plant species can increase protein content when introduced
into staple crops.
Scientifically, the success was the engineering of a
gene cassette containing four
genes for the micronutrient improvement that could be inserted
into the rice genome as a
single genetic locus.
Promiscuous male voles can be turned
into paragons of monogamous virtue simply by increasing the expression of a
single gene.
Researchers created SUSIBA2 rice by introducing a
single gene from barley
into common rice, resulting in a plant that can better feed its grains, stems and leaves while starving off methane - producing microbes in the soil.
Each odor - detecting neuron (referred to as olfactory sensory neuron from here on), chooses a
single odorant receptor
gene from a fairly large number of options that are split
into class I (fish - like) and class II (terrestrial - specific) odorant receptors.
«This is the first time anyone's used a
single gene to implant something as complex as a behavioral trait
into another species,» says Young.
So when biologists experimenting with
gene therapy want to insert a
single strand
into a cell, they often wind up injecting dozens.
Because of these limitations, the AAV approach is best suited for tissue culture based approaches that require modification of only a
single allele of a
gene, such as the introduction of heterozygous endogenous epitope tags, or the introduction of dominant mutations of a
gene into the endogenous allele in cultured cells.
Optogenetics works by inserting the
gene of a light - sensitive protein
into live neurons, from a
single cell to an entire family of them.
Research
into ageing is a young field that has seen immense progress in recent years, galvanised by discoveries that
single gene mutations and dietary restriction can extend healthy lifespan.
Sheng Ding and his team discovered that activating a
single gene is sufficient to change skin cells
into stem cells.
Those who take at trip
into the workings of the genomic biology of the black - footed ferret may find that, even picking a
single gene or two, they tug on the entire fabric of life.
The primary isolate env
gene was exchanged
into the vector in place of the HXB2 env
gene, and used in a
single round CAT - based virus infecti
Because disease organisms mutate quickly to overcome crop resistance controlled by
single genes, researchers are rushing to identify new resistance
genes and to incorporate multiple
genes into high - yielding varieties, according to Ravi Singh, CIMMYT wheat scientist who participated in the reported study.
The condition is more common than muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, but the development of new therapeutic concepts is hindered by the fact that unlike muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, where a
single mutated
gene causing the disease is known, the entire human chromosome 21 (containing around 300
genes) still has to be dissected
into individual
gene - dose contributions to the DS symptoms.
In findings appearing online today in Cell Stem Cell, researchers in the laboratory of Gladstone Investigator Yadong Huang, MD, PhD, describe how they transferred a
single gene called Sox2
into both mouse and human skin cells.
Researchers have achieved new insights
into how the global control of all
genes on a
single chromosome can be established and maintained throughout the lifetime of an organism.Their findings about...
All
genes were combined
into a
single file and all
genes conserved among the genomes were counted, and all «unique»
genes were also counted for each genome.
To develop a method of detecting associations between
genes and traits that avoids these issues, Im and her colleagues integrated both transcriptome and GWAS data
into a
single computation framework, which they named PrediXcan.
Studying a specific type of genetic variation in the DNA sequences of wolves and domestic dogs - called
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs)- the scientists identified the transfer of dog
gene variants
into wolf genomes.
Some of the team's most significant findings since 2009 were the identification of a
gene mutation associated with blood cancers and the discovery of chromosomal crisis where the genome can be shattered
into hundreds of fragments in a
single cellular catastrophe.
These
genes include the
single - copy
gene encoding the telomere resolvase, which converts the replicated telomeres of linear DNA
into the characteristic hairpin ends of the linear chromosome and plasmids of B. burgdorferi (43).
Additionally, 2A peptides could be PCR - cloned between your
genes of interest and you can then insert the whole multicistronic cassette
into a backbone as a
single unit.
Activating a
single gene is sufficient to change skin cells
into stem cells.
«It's hard to fit every
single locus in the genome
into one specific model of
gene regulation.
By turning on a
single gene, researchers can prevent skin stem cells from maturing
into the three types of adult skin cells — epidermal, sebaceous and hair cells.
Might mating between an ancient human and a Neanderthal - perhaps occurring in only a
single instance - have introduced a
gene variant
into the human population that enhanced human brain function?
Just one change to a
single gene could explain why you break
into a sweat trying to resist dessert, while your friend could care less about the hot lava cake topped with whipped cream.