Sentence examples for blocking expression from inspiring English sources

In antisense technology, a short series of nucleotides recognizes a specific sequence on an mRNA strand, preventing it from being translated into a protein and blocking expression of a gene.

AHR-1 specifies AVM touch neuron fate by elevating MEC-3 while simultaneously blocking expression of nociceptive genes such as the MEC-3 target, the claudin-like membrane protein HPO-30, that promotes the complex dendritic branching pattern of PVD.

We were surprised to find that blocking expression of the DosR regulon had very little effect on subsequent expression of the EHR.

We therefore tested the effect of blocking expression of both Wnt8 and Wnt6 to more closely mimic the situation in SpRunt-1 morphants.

To examine the requirement for type II BMP receptors in BMP7-evoked WEHI 274.1 cell chemotaxis, we tested the effect of blocking expression of individual receptor subunits by RNAi.

Bmi-1 prevents stem cell aging, at least partly, by blocking expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16Ink4a.

We then expressed shits1 broadly in all pacemaker neurons but blocked expression in the LNv using the GAL4 repressor GAL80 (Table 1, cry24; pdfGAL80/+; UASshits1/+, [24]).

Expression of the wt p53 gene was regulated by a system, which allowed or blocked expression p53 by absence or presence of tetracycline in the culture media.

Molecular biologists use antisense DNA or RNA fragments as powerful tools to block expression of specific target genes, and thereby assess gene function.

To block expression of endogenous ERK5, we constructed a retroviral shRNA vector against ERK5.

Since oppA is located downstream of oppD, the insertion of the kanamycin resistance cassette, also blocked expression of oppA.