Sentences with phrase «small chemical tags»
The idea is that small chemical tags, such as acetylation, on chromatin marking active or inactive genes would self - propagate independently of the underlying DNA sequence and direct the activity of the genome.
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the addition of small chemical tags to a protein after it has been synthesized.
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But some bacteria have evolved a counter strategy — injecting special proteins that suppress the plant's immune response by adding small, disabling chemical tags called acetyl groups to immune molecules.
New research at Rockefeller University, published March 18 in Nature, reveals how cells sort out the loops meant to encode small RNAs, known as microRNAs, by tagging them with a chemical group.
This is a chemical compound produced by the stomach which tags onto vitamin B12 released from protein in the stomach and carries it down the intestine to allow B12 to be absorbed in the lower part of the small intestine.