Sentence examples for genes that stop from inspiring English sources

A cell becomes cancerous when the genes that stop runaway growth are sabotaged by mutations.

People with cystic fibrosis have faulty genes that stop production of a protein governing the movement of salt and water between cells.

After identifying genes that stop Plasmodium in its tracks, researchers hope to spread the genes through natural mosquito populations by releasing genetically modified mosquitoes.

"In contrast, low doses of AZA and DAC may reactivate genes that stop cancer growth without causing immediate cell-killing or DNA damage," said Stephen Baylin, the Ludwig Professor of Oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

These mutant stem cells also fail to efficiently switch off genes that stop stem cells from becoming more specialized.

The wBol1 strain is also of interest because the extreme prevalence achieved can drive fast evolution in the host, in the form of the spread of suppressor genes that stop the action of the male-killer, and restore the sex ratio to parity [ 5, 6].

Working with Performance Plants, a biotechnology company based in Kingston, Ontario, he has taken a gene that stops the breakdown of chlorophyll (the pigment in plants which allows photosynthesis) in peas and has put it into lettuce.

Researchers have discovered a new gene that stops cell division at the first sign of molecular mayhem.

A gene that stopped cell proliferation, for example, could be potentially harmful if expressed in liver, lung, or other cells.

"Basically cancer is a loss of control of those cells". Cancer can only grow in this uncontrolled fashion if some of the genes that usually stop any accidental cell growth – such as the p53 gene – get mutated in the cancer cells.

Mutations to genes that introduce stop codons are generally weeded out by natural selection.