gene silencing
noun[U]
biologyspecializeduk/ˈdʒiːn ˌsaɪ.ləns.ɪŋ/us/ˈdʒiːn ˌsaɪ.ləns.ɪŋ/aprocessin which aparticulargene,especiallyone thatcausesdisease, ispreventedfromaffectingacell:
基因静默Genesilencingis aprocedurethatselectivelydisablesindividualgenes.基因静默指有选择地禁用个体基因的做法。
Usinggenesilencing,scientistshaveshutdown thegenesinsoybeansthat make theproteinthoughttocausemostsoybeanallergiesinhumans.利用基因静默，科学家已经关闭了大豆的一些基因，这些基因产生的蛋白质被认为是人类大豆过敏的主要原因。
- Recentlyscientistsfoundthatgenesilencingworksin manyanimals,includingwormsandmouseembryos.
- Itlookslikegenesilencingis a veryoldmechanismand is in alllivingthings.
- Until then,attemptsatgenesilencingkilledhumancells.
Genetics
- adenine
- allele
- anaphase
- biohacker
- biohacking
- biotech
- gene amplification
- genotype
- homologous
- homologue
- homozygote
- hybridization
- hybridize
- paternal
- rRNA
- segregate
- segregation
- sequence
- sex chromosome
- transgenic