specific gene
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspecificandgene
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specific
adjective
uk/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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gene
noun[C]
uk/dʒiːn/us/dʒiːn/
a part of the DNA in a cell that controls the physical development, behaviour, etc. of an individual plant or animal and is passed on from ...
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(Definition ofspecificandgenefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The difficulty will now be to identify thespecificgene(s) within these intervals and to elucidate how they modify disease pathology.
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They suppose that besides the singlespecificgeneaccount must be taken of the other minor genes constituting the genotypic milieu.
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Aspecificgenedefect has not been identified.
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Thus, other genetic or environmental factors must have contributed to the phenotype in patients with thespecificgenedefect.
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Further, as a complement to structural imaging studies, information about the variation in brain function will further elucidatespecificgene- brain-behavior relationships.
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Nonviral methods include the use of plasmids to express a desired gene, or antisense oligonucleotides directed againstspecificgenetargets.
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However, to date, nospecificgenehas been confirmed as causative for this syndrome.
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Specificgene- or cell type-ablation has played an important role in studying biological function in numerous organs.
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And the next step is to attempt to link the disorder to aspecificgeneor specific set of genes that code solely for this particular phenotypic outcome.
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Epigenetic mechanisms such as modification of histone proteins have been shown to be sufficient to regulate gene expression levels andspecificgenepromoters can become epigenetically altered at senescence.
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There has been much written about the genetic determinants of bone density, but little if any population variance can be definitively apportioned to variants in anyspecificgene.
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Or can the genome be changed by anyspecificgene?
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Otherwise, it would be possible for a biomedical company to control completely all future research and medical development that arose from the isolation of aspecificgene.
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Normally, the presence of aspecificgeneor an allele of a gene confers upon the cell the ability to grow in the selective medium.
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