It prevents red blood cells from inserting a certain protein on their surface.
People whose bodies make an unusually active form of a certain protein tend to have dangerously high levels of cholesterol.
The study measured the success of thalidomide by looking at the level of a certain protein produced by the cancer causing cells.
A typical regimen for an H.I.V. patient beginning treatment includes the drug efavirenz, which blocks a certain protein that H.I.V. needs to make copies of itself.
Individual sections of DNA, known as genes, encode specific parts of the instructions, such as the code for synthesizing a certain protein.
As a result, she carries a certain protein on the surface of her cells that plays an essential role in displaying the KRAS mutation so that cancer-killing cells can find it and attack.
He showed that by making a series of three mutations, the virus would first lose, then regain, its ability to make a certain protein, as if the cell's reading of the DNA "tape" had come back into correct phase.
VMcK: Each of these genes tends to be polymorphic-it occurs in a number of forms-so that throughout a population of individuals the gene produces a varying amount of a certain protein such as an enzyme.
For instance, to test for the presence of a certain protein in blood you could take blood in one channel and direct it to another channel containing a chemical reagent that identifies the protein.
In October, Zayner's website began selling $20 copies of a DNA molecule containing the necessary genetic information to deactivate the human gene for a certain protein, myostatin, using CRISPR.
Patients with XLHED carry a mutant gene that prevents the production of a certain protein, called ectodysplasin A. Lacking this protein causes abnormal development of structures such as the skin, nails, teeth, and sweat glands.
