altered gene
collocation in Englishmeaningsofalteredandgene
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altered
adjective
uk/ˈɒl.təd/us/ˈɑːl.tɚd/
changed; ...
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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 ofalteredandgenefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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With its sequence interrupted, thealteredgenein most cases will be translated into a nonfunctional protein, if it is translated at all.
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Alteredgeneexpression leads to the production of numerous potentially neurotoxic mediators.
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Males who carried thealteredgenehad hemophilia, while females simply passed it to nearly half of their children.
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The inheritance is dominant if one copy of thealteredgeneis sufficient to cause the condition.
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Carcinogenesis can result either from the expression of a mutant version or from analteredgeneproduct.
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As yet, there is no definitive explanation of the mechanism through which the syndrome occurs, although analteredgeneexpression pattern and a suboptimal culture system are likely candidates.
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Some of these pathophysiological factors include blood flow alterations, edema and increased intracranial pressure, metabolic perturbations, andalteredgeneexpression and protein synthesis.
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Usually, each parent of an individual with autosomal recessive deafness is a carrier of one copy of thealteredgene.
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This condition is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, which means one copy of thealteredgenein each cell is sufficient to cause it.
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The parents of a child with an autosomal recessive disorder are not affected by disorder, but are carriers of one copy of thealteredgene.
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Often the goal is to create a transgenic animal that has thealteredgene.
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This condition is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, which means one copy of thealteredgeneis sufficient to cause the disorder.
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This can provide information about the function of thealteredgene, and often about the process under study.
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Alteredgenefunction often leads to changes in an organism's proper development, which may devastate local animal populations causing grander upset in ecosystems.
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Costello syndrome is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner, which means one copy of thealteredgeneis sufficient to cause the disorder.
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Cancer is caused by mutations andalteredgeneexpression, in a process called malignant transformation, resulting in an uncontrolled growth of cells.
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Achondrogenesis, type 2 is considered an autosomal dominant disorder because one copy of thealteredgenein each cell is sufficient to cause the condition.
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This type of inheritance means one copy of thealteredgenein each cell is sufficient to cause the disorder.
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Entrainment is accomplished by altering the concentration of clock components throughalteredgeneexpression and protein stability.
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