Sentence examples for section of dna from inspiring English sources
To build a protein, a section of DNA unwinds, exposing the nucleotide bases.
The method links together short fragments from the same larger section of DNA during sequencing.
The gene-editing system hunts for a specific section of DNA and snips it out.
The section of DNA was found on chromosome three, next to a gene called TERC, which makes an enzyme that repairs telomeres when they shorten.
One missing section of DNA was found to block a gene that, in other animals, stifles the growth of brain cells.
The gene is carried on a plasmid, a small section of DNA that can move from one bug to another, passing on drug-resistance as it goes.
When a section of DNA is methylated, the cell's transcription machinery reads the DNA differently and some genes are effectively silenced.
The experiment was made possible by recently developed genome editing technology that can target and snip out a single section of DNA in a living cell.
The latter were more likely to have a protective section of DNA in the interleukin-2 and interleukin-21 regions, sections responsible for the production of proteins, called cytokines, used to control inflammation.
True, Celera did use its privileged position to hunt for sections of DNA that could be patented for medical applications.
And yet, new studies suggest that in human genomes whole sections of DNA might be duplicated, deleted or reversed.
