Synonym: cistron, factor. Similar words: genetic, generous, generate, in general, generation gap, the general public, scene, energy. Meaning: [dʒɪːn] n. (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity.
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(121) Enough premalignant cells are present in the bulk of stool to permit the analysis of tumour suppressor gene mutations by this technique.
(122) The S. macroura motif shows 65% identity and 82% similarity with the human gene.
(123) It seems possible that this material originates from rare mucosal endocrine cells expressing the gastrin gene.
(124) Perhaps gene therapy could prevent the mutation of the prion gene that causes hereditary brain disease.
(125) Here we describe a novel murine POU domain gene, Oct-11, that is expressed during embryogenesis as well as in specific adult tissues.
(126) There is a good chapter on biotechnology and genetic engineering, with a simple explanation of gene splicing.
(127) Other workers have found ras gene mutations in between 39% and 47% of colorectal cancers.
(128) The simplest viruses rely on the enzymes of the infected cell to perform both protein synthesis and gene replication.
(129) Once a mutation that causes an abnormality is observed, it becomes possible to try and identify and isolate the gene.
(130) While it strikes men twice as often, women can also carry the defective gene and pass it along to their children.
(131) Cells thus provide the key to understanding development because their behaviour brings about embryonic development and is controlled by gene activity.
(132) Even the gene pools in the South are drying up.
(133) Men are defined by their ownership of a single gene.
(134) More important,[http://sentencedict.com/gene.html] the modern approach can lead to explanations at the molecular level thus linking gene action to developmental process.
(135) The same gene inherited from a different parent may have a different effect in the offspring.
(136) The gene for membrane cofactor protein is the next target.
(137) They were times of fresh resolve, novel encroachments of the selfish gene.
(138) The pattern arises, we now know, because the gene is carried on the X chromosome.
(139) A beetle can pass only one gene to each of its offspring.
(140) Nevertheless, direct evidence implicating IRF-1 as the critical target gene in 5q deletions remains sparse.
(141) This provides further evidence that the POU domain gene family arose from a series of gene duplications.
(142) We propose that in Raji cells the accumulation of a repressor is prevented, thus allowing gene expression.
(143) If the test shows a woman carries a defective gene, there is a limit to what can be done.
(144) The hunt for the new gene has been narrowed to a region on chromosome 12.
(145) If the gay gene is in the mitochondria[Sentencedict.com], then a conspiracy theory springs to the devious minds of Hurst and Haig.
(146) Men, under these circumstances, would have no broody gene of their own.
(147) The gene affects hair colour, and codes either for orange or for black.
(148) Now they think they can cure the defective gene in the lungs.
(149) The two clusters evolved by duplication of an ancestral gene cluster before the divergence of the human and great ape lineages.
(150) The gene appears to make people have a higher risk of developing cancer.
More similar words: genetic, generous, generate, in general, generation gap, the general public, scene, energy, genre, agent, beneath, benefit, oxygen, legend, agency, gently, agenda, gender, listener, awareness, emergency, benefit from, diligently, indigenous, entrepreneur, effectiveness, a large number of.