homologous recombination

collocation in English

meaningsofhomologousandrecombination

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homologous
adjective
uk
/həˈmɒl.ə.ɡəs/us
/hoʊˈmɑː.lə.ɡəs/
formal
having a similar position, structure, value, ...
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recombination
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌriː.kɒm.bɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌri.kɑːm.bəˈneɪ.ʃən/
the process of creating new combinations of genes with characteristics different from those in ...
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(Definition ofhomologousandrecombinationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Furthermore, this construct was shown to initiatehomologousrecombinationin both yeast and mammalian cells.
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A novel engineered meganuclease induceshomologousrecombinationin yeast and mammalian cells.
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Inhomologousrecombinationthe junction is acted upon by proteins that accelerate and direct branch migration, and by nucleases that achieve resolution.
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Factors affecting double-strand break-inducedhomologousrecombinationin mammalian cells.
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The machinery ofhomologousrecombinationacts to repair these lethal lesions via a mechanism called double-strand break repair or recombinational repair.
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A large inverted duplication allowshomologousrecombinationbetween chromosomes heterozygous for the proximal t complex inversion.
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Efficient gene targeting byhomologousrecombinationin rice.
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Homologousrecombinationin yeast was used to generate the targeting constructs introducing small deletions in the open reading frames.
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A major limitation in the study of the genetics of rat models, however, is the current inability to generate loss of function mutations byhomologousrecombination(gene knock-outs).
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Manipulating the mammalian genome byhomologousrecombination.
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While routine in the mouse,homologousrecombinationas an approach to creating loss of function mutations has not been possible in other mammals, particularly the rat.
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Altering the genome byhomologousrecombination.
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Two other well-known means of double-strand breakage repair are non-homologous end joining andhomologousrecombination.
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Homologousrecombinationis conserved across all three domains of life as well as viruses, suggesting that it is a nearly universal biological mechanism.
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Crossover can occur between aligned chromatids, leading to exchange of homologous segments byhomologousrecombination.
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He is known for pioneering studies onhomologousrecombination, and for defining the links between recombinational repair and genome instability diseases including cancer.
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