Sentences with phrase «which code for»

Carette then identified the mutated genes in the surviving cells, which code for a transporter molecule and an enzyme that the influenza virus hijacks to take over cells.

The genes examined in the current study, which code for the hormone urocortin 3 and its receptor, CRHR2, came from cattle.

Cas genes, which code for polymerases, nucleases, and helicases, were also disrupted to elucidate their role in the process.

The Hippocampal Formation contains several types of cells which code for different aspects of space: the animal's current location within the environment, its heading direction, the distance over which it travels in a particular direction, and the location of environmental boundaries.

The DNA contains some 1260 genes, 50 of which code for functions never before seen in viruses, including DNA repair and translating mRNA into protein.

In addition, mitochondria contain their own genomes, which code for specific proteins and are expressed in coordination with nuclear DNA to regulate the provision of energy to cells.

The patients had malfunctioning RPE65 genes, which code for a protein that ensures the photoreceptor cells in the retina work smoothly.

Squid also have around 20,000 genes, a whopping 11,000 of which code for RNA that in some cases undergoes editing.

Silk genes, which code for extremely large proteins with stretches of amino acids that repeat many times, are themselves long and full of repetitive DNA that's hard to decipher.

The new study, which was recently posted to a preprint repository but has not yet been published in a peer - reviewed publication, was the result of researchers comparing the parts of the genome known as exomes, which code for proteins, from 60,000 people — 10 times more than had ever been attempted.

This is a group of 15 closely - linked genes which code for proteases — molecules which break down proteins.

The new locus they have identified is near a cluster of genes which code for proteins called «glycophorins» that are involved in the malaria parasite's invasion of red blood cells.

It is caused by mutations on the ABCD1 gene, which codes for a membrane transporter protein.

The «business end» of the gene — which codes for the actual receptor — was fairly constant in humans, suggesting that individual differences exist within the gene's regulatory areas.

A third influential gene was ARMS / KIDINS220, which codes for a protein that regulates the growth of nerve cells.

Akin attached a luciferase gene — which codes for the enzyme that makes fireflies glow — to L. monocytogenes and injected the germs into living mice.

Not long after the HD gene was isolated, studies led by MacDonald, also a co-author of the current investigation, found that a variation in the number of CAG trinucleotide repeats within the HD gene, which codes for a protein called huntingtin, is the primary determinant of the age at which HD symptoms appear, with a greater number of CAG repeats associated with an earlier symptom onset.

One gene, which codes for a powerful growth - stimulating hormone in mice and humans, is expressed only by paternally derived genes.

This is exon 11, which codes for 61 per cent of BRCA1's protein and was already known to be the site of some mutations.

Infants were also screened for mutations in the filaggrin (FLG) gene, which codes for a key skin barrier protein.

The researchers have studied analyses of the genetic material of viruses found in newly infected people and, in particular, the gene env, which codes for the protein envelope or «coat» around the virus.

Bacteria can become resistant to the antibiotic either as the result of a spontaneous mutation or by picking up an appropriate «resistance gene» (which codes for a protein that confers resistance) from another bacterium via genetic exchange.

According to the 6 April report in the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, researchers at Guangzhou Medical University in China attempted — with limited success — to modify the CCR5 gene, which codes for a cell receptor that the HIV virus uses to enter T cells.

The Ras gene, which codes for the Ras proteins, was discovered in the 1960s, and represents the first gene identified with the potential to cause cancer in humans.

«Our next step is to take the gene which codes for tyrosinase, and put this into liposomes to see if we can influence hair colour by gene therapy,» says Hoffman.

Her team analysed the DNA sequence of the gene TAS1R3, which codes for a sweet taste receptor, in 51 primate species, including humans.

Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University, and colleagues, inserted into mice the gene which codes for the algal protein ChR2, which caused the protein to attach itself to the surface of nerve cells.

These genes include PRMT5, which codes for a key enzyme that ensures proper maturation of the spliceosomal complex.

Researchers were specifically hunting for the mRNA created from the two alleles (copies) of the gene DRD2, which codes for a receptor protein for the neurotransmitter dopamine.

But then Hayashi created a mouse with a mutation in a gene called PAK, which codes for an enzyme called p21 - activated kinase that helps build nerve connections in the brain.

Bartenschlager injected this «replicon,» which codes for HCV's nonstructural proteins but not its core or surface proteins, into human cells.

In the first study, published in Science (25 April 2003, p. 640), a team led by John Collinge of University College London (UCL), looked at a human gene called PRNP which codes for prions (ScienceNOW, 10 April 2003).

Infants with more methylation of a gene known as retinoid X receptor - α (RXRα), which codes for a protein involved in the development of fat cells and fat metabolism, were more likely to be obese at age 9.

The more powerful one occurred within a stretch of DNA, or locus, that contains the HCP5 gene, which codes for a human endogenous retrovirus — a genetic fossil of a virus that wove itself into human chromosomes long ago but no longer produces infectious progeny.

They pinpointed a common variation in the gene called MTNR1B, which codes for one of the body's two known melatonin receptors.

Specifically, they studied a gene on the X chromosome known as OPN1LW, which codes for a protein that detects visible light in the red spectrum.

In addition, they identified two variants in a second immune system gene, IL2RA, which codes for a protein called the IL - 2 receptor.

To devise a potential new therapy, the investigators engineered a population of neural stem cells to express a potent version of a gene called TRAIL, which codes for a molecule that activates cell - death - inducing receptors found only on the surface of cancer cells.

TKM - 080301 targets a specific gene called polo - like kinase 1 (PLK1), which codes for a protein involved in tumor cell growth.

To find out if such a gene - environment interaction is involved, they first identified a likely candidate gene, FADS2, which codes for an enzyme known to play a key role in fatty acid production.

Two of these SNPs are within a single gene, which codes for the enzyme nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2).

Problems with another gene, which codes for catechol - O - methyl transferase (COMT), could interfere with the metabolism of dopamine, increase the risk of schizophrenia and affect the frequency of manic cycles in bipolar disease.

They zeroed in on the serotonin transporter gene (HTT), which codes for a protein that re-absorbs serotonin into the nerve cell after it has been released.

But the team determined that the SNP, called rs9349379, actually regulates the expression of a different gene upstream: EDN1, which codes for a precursor of the endothelin - 1 protein.

It is caused by biallelic loss - of - function mutations in the gene COL7A1, which codes for the extracellular protein collagen VII.

In the future, the researchers hope to expand their analysis, using SDSC's Comet supercomputer, from 10,000 protein families to one million individual genes, each of which codes for a protein which can be expressed in the gut microbiome.

The second is the CDK4 gene [18], which codes for the protein to which p16 binds.

Cord1 - PRA is a genetic disorder associated with a recessive mutation in the RPGRIP1 gene, which codes for an important photoreceptor protein in the eye.

Dogs and wolves have the same number of copies of another gene, MGAM, which codes for maltase, another enzyme important in starch digestion.

Not exact matches

There is a reason why there are different coding languages for different platforms, which have their own software development kits (SDKs).