Sentences with phrase «upstream regulators»
The phrase "upstream regulators" refers to factors or elements that influence or control something else. It is like a chain reaction where certain factors have the power to regulate or control other things that follow or come after them. Full definition
Researchers also found that levels of cAMP and pCREB, possible upstream regulators of some circadian genes, were correlated with locomotor activity.
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The sequences of these enhancers were enriched for many of the same transcription factor (TF) binding motifs; the authors could propose upstream regulators for about half of the enhancer modules they observed.
Reducing the expression of p21 and its upstream regulator p53 (a tumor suppressor) was recently found to enhance the production of induced pluripotent stem cells — a previously mature cell reprogrammed to act like a stem cell.