E.coli
... 1. The analysis of genome organization and the identification of genes, particularly in organisms with large genome sizes (human DNA is 3 109 bp, for example) is difficult to use plasmid and bacteriophage vectors, since the relatively small size capacity of these vectors for cloned DNA means tha ...
... 1. The analysis of genome organization and the identification of genes, particularly in organisms with large genome sizes (human DNA is 3 109 bp, for example) is difficult to use plasmid and bacteriophage vectors, since the relatively small size capacity of these vectors for cloned DNA means tha ...
Hox patterning of the vertebrate axial skeleton
... eight Hox, or HomC, genes located in a single cluster, mammals have 39 Hox genes arranged in four clusters (Fig. 1). Tandem duplications within the ancestral Hox cluster followed by genome duplication events have resulted in a relatively fixed arrangement in mammals with four clusters, composed of 2 ...
... eight Hox, or HomC, genes located in a single cluster, mammals have 39 Hox genes arranged in four clusters (Fig. 1). Tandem duplications within the ancestral Hox cluster followed by genome duplication events have resulted in a relatively fixed arrangement in mammals with four clusters, composed of 2 ...
Seed-Specific Gene Activation Mediated by the Cre//ox Site
... promoter was deleted so that there would be no translationinitiatirig ATG 5’ to the first lox site. Plasmids containing each promoter were digested with NcoI, treated with S1 nuclease to remove the overhanging ends, and then religated (Ph/P) or cut at the SmaI site downstream of the NcoI site and re ...
... promoter was deleted so that there would be no translationinitiatirig ATG 5’ to the first lox site. Plasmids containing each promoter were digested with NcoI, treated with S1 nuclease to remove the overhanging ends, and then religated (Ph/P) or cut at the SmaI site downstream of the NcoI site and re ...
Spina Bifida and Genetic Risk
... – Non-latex condoms can be used as birth control and as a method of protecting against sexual transmitted infections – Other birth control options should be discussed with a doctor ...
... – Non-latex condoms can be used as birth control and as a method of protecting against sexual transmitted infections – Other birth control options should be discussed with a doctor ...
Detection of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
... BACKGROUND: Mutations in the cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene have been widely detected in infertile men with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD). Despite extensive analysis of the CFTR gene using varied screening methods, a number of cases re ...
... BACKGROUND: Mutations in the cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene have been widely detected in infertile men with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD). Despite extensive analysis of the CFTR gene using varied screening methods, a number of cases re ...
editorial prostate cancer early detection
... Screening for prostate cancer has the disadvantages of any type of screening. Thus, if prostate cancer screening was introduced, some men with cancer would be missed, other men without cancer would given tests they did not need and some men with very slow growing cancers would be given treatment the ...
... Screening for prostate cancer has the disadvantages of any type of screening. Thus, if prostate cancer screening was introduced, some men with cancer would be missed, other men without cancer would given tests they did not need and some men with very slow growing cancers would be given treatment the ...
The microRNAs of Caenorhabditis elegans
... The first heterochronic mutant to be described was also the first miRNA, lin-4, although it would be more than a decade until it was recognized as such [24]. Many but not all cell types in lin-4 mutant animals reiterate lineage patterns characteristic of the L1 stage at all subsequent stages, thus del ...
... The first heterochronic mutant to be described was also the first miRNA, lin-4, although it would be more than a decade until it was recognized as such [24]. Many but not all cell types in lin-4 mutant animals reiterate lineage patterns characteristic of the L1 stage at all subsequent stages, thus del ...
Phylogenetic ANOVA: The Expression Variance and
... additionally been parameterized in an evolutionary model allowing for constrained trait ...
... additionally been parameterized in an evolutionary model allowing for constrained trait ...
Estrogen receptor β gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to
... leiomyomas when compared with autologous myometrial tissue [7–11]. In 1996, the second estrogen receptor, ERb, was identified which is coded by the ESR2 gene. Like ERa, ERb also was reported to be expressed at higher levels in leiomyomas when compared with matched myometrium [12]. There are studies ...
... leiomyomas when compared with autologous myometrial tissue [7–11]. In 1996, the second estrogen receptor, ERb, was identified which is coded by the ESR2 gene. Like ERa, ERb also was reported to be expressed at higher levels in leiomyomas when compared with matched myometrium [12]. There are studies ...
How to use helper strains for maintaining and crossing handicapped... and resolving heterokaryons, and for determining heterokaryon compatibility.
... Helpers in N. tetrasperma (Perkins 1994) carry the gene E: Eight spore, which prevents the E component of a heterokaryon from contributing progeny when the strain being tested also carries the dominant E allele. Procedure N. crassa helpers. Visible fresh inocula of the two strains to be combined are ...
... Helpers in N. tetrasperma (Perkins 1994) carry the gene E: Eight spore, which prevents the E component of a heterokaryon from contributing progeny when the strain being tested also carries the dominant E allele. Procedure N. crassa helpers. Visible fresh inocula of the two strains to be combined are ...
Abnormal anaphase resolution - Journal of Cell Science
... length of G2 phase within these newly cellularized embryonic cells (Edgar and O’Farrell, 1990), whereas zygotic expression of cyclin A is needed for subsequent cell division (Lehner and O’Farrell, 1989). Several other genes have been identified because mutations affect the behaviour or morphology of ...
... length of G2 phase within these newly cellularized embryonic cells (Edgar and O’Farrell, 1990), whereas zygotic expression of cyclin A is needed for subsequent cell division (Lehner and O’Farrell, 1989). Several other genes have been identified because mutations affect the behaviour or morphology of ...
Leukocytes fighting against obesity
... There are many indications that obesity is a genetic disease which results when a variety of environmental factors act on multiple genes to influence our eating, metabolism and energy expenditure.1,2 During the past several years, researchers have linked mutations in five different genes (ob, db, tu ...
... There are many indications that obesity is a genetic disease which results when a variety of environmental factors act on multiple genes to influence our eating, metabolism and energy expenditure.1,2 During the past several years, researchers have linked mutations in five different genes (ob, db, tu ...
Dynamics of Adaptive Introgression from Archaic to Modern Humans
... relatively high frequencies. Both observations may be surprising under the hypothesis that modern humans originated first in Africa and displaced archaic populations through expansion and drift. Here, we outline how natural selection may have enabled the uptake of introgressive alleles from archaic ...
... relatively high frequencies. Both observations may be surprising under the hypothesis that modern humans originated first in Africa and displaced archaic populations through expansion and drift. Here, we outline how natural selection may have enabled the uptake of introgressive alleles from archaic ...
Assisted Conception
... PGD • Hemophilia – Hereditary bleeding disorder – Absence of a blood protein essential for clotting – Types A: lack of factor VIII – Type B: lack of factor IX ...
... PGD • Hemophilia – Hereditary bleeding disorder – Absence of a blood protein essential for clotting – Types A: lack of factor VIII – Type B: lack of factor IX ...
Figures and figure supplements
... Figure 1. Chromatin states in Amphimedon. (A) Schematic representation of Amphimedon life cycle. Larvae (oval shaped, 300–500 mm long) emerge from maternal brood chambers and then swim in the water column before they develop competence to settle and initiate metamorphosis into a juvenile. The juveni ...
... Figure 1. Chromatin states in Amphimedon. (A) Schematic representation of Amphimedon life cycle. Larvae (oval shaped, 300–500 mm long) emerge from maternal brood chambers and then swim in the water column before they develop competence to settle and initiate metamorphosis into a juvenile. The juveni ...
XYY Syndrome - Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes
... Hypertelorism, macrodontia, pes planus , central adiposity, clinodacty have been described (Bardsley,2014, Lalatta,2012). Speech delay is common. Delayed development of motor skills (such as sitting and walking), weak muscle tone (hypotonia), hand tremors or other involuntary movements (motor tics), ...
... Hypertelorism, macrodontia, pes planus , central adiposity, clinodacty have been described (Bardsley,2014, Lalatta,2012). Speech delay is common. Delayed development of motor skills (such as sitting and walking), weak muscle tone (hypotonia), hand tremors or other involuntary movements (motor tics), ...
Genetic Architecture of Maize Kernel Composition in the Nested
... including opaque2 (o2) which increases lysine content (Mertz et al., 1964), amylose-free waxy1 (wx1) (Lambert, 2001), sugary1 (su1), sugary enhancer (se), and shrunken2 (sh2) which are responsible for sweet corn (Schultz and Juvik, 2004), and linoleic acid1 (ln1) with an altered fatty acid ratio (Po ...
... including opaque2 (o2) which increases lysine content (Mertz et al., 1964), amylose-free waxy1 (wx1) (Lambert, 2001), sugary1 (su1), sugary enhancer (se), and shrunken2 (sh2) which are responsible for sweet corn (Schultz and Juvik, 2004), and linoleic acid1 (ln1) with an altered fatty acid ratio (Po ...
here - Glaucoma Genetics Lab
... never had an IOP recorded above 21 mm Hg. While members of this glaucoma pedigree together have average ages at diagnosis and average maximum IOPs typical for a diagnosis of POAG, some members have an onset before age 40 years which is suggestive of juvenile-onset open angle glaucoma. Likewise most ...
... never had an IOP recorded above 21 mm Hg. While members of this glaucoma pedigree together have average ages at diagnosis and average maximum IOPs typical for a diagnosis of POAG, some members have an onset before age 40 years which is suggestive of juvenile-onset open angle glaucoma. Likewise most ...
Characterization of the Arabidopsis thaliana Mutant pcb2 which
... 1995). There are some other kinds of chlorophyll found in various photosynthetic organisms, such as bacteriochlorophylls in photosynthetic bacteria. Prochlorococcus, a group of marine cyanobacteria, possesses divinyl chlorophylls in place of chlorophylls (Chisholm et al. 1992). All chlorophylls are ...
... 1995). There are some other kinds of chlorophyll found in various photosynthetic organisms, such as bacteriochlorophylls in photosynthetic bacteria. Prochlorococcus, a group of marine cyanobacteria, possesses divinyl chlorophylls in place of chlorophylls (Chisholm et al. 1992). All chlorophylls are ...