Sentences with phrase «thereby altering its expression»

(With DNA methylation, a methyl group — one carbon atom and three hydrogen atoms — attaches to a gene, thereby altering its expression.)

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Rather than modify protein structure and function, these noncoding variants frequently impact regulatory elements and thereby alter the quantitative and spatiotemporal regulation of gene expression.

Maternal behaviours alter the methylation of DNA in the offspring, thereby affecting gene expression in future generations [19].