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A biological pathway is a series of actions among molecules in a cell that leads to a certain product or a change in the cell.
… product or a change in the cell. … Biochemistry, Gene Expression, Metabolism, Medication … A biological pathway is …
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Genome-wide association studies involve scanning markers across the genomes of many people to find genetic variations associated with a particular disease​.
… accessed through an NCBI Web site, called the Database of Genotype and Phenotype (dbGaP) located at: … … Genome-Wide Association Studies, GWAS, DNA, Genome, Gene Expression, Gene Variation, Personalized Medicine, Gene …
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A transcriptome is a collection of all the gene readouts present in a cell.
… determine the amount of gene activity - also called gene expression - in a certain cell or tissue type. In humans and other organisms, nearly every cell … exist, including those in NIH programs such as the Genotype-Tissue Expression Project (GTEx) and the …
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Un transcriptoma es una colección de todas las lecturas de genes presentes en una célula​​. ​
… como el Proyecto de expresión del genotipo en tejidos ( Genotype-Tissue Expression Project , GTEx) y la Enciclopedia de los Elementos …
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Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is an essential molecule that performs many roles in the cell, from carrying the instructions to make proteins to regulating genes.
… a gene produces RNA molecules, is also referred to as gene expression .  … One gene can produce many different RNAs … known as miRNAs. miRNAs are short RNAs that regulate gene expression by binding to mRNAs. Each miRNA has a specific …
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Epigenomics is a field in which researchers chart the locations and understand the functions of all the chemical tags that mark the genome.
… and DNA-associated proteins in the cell, which alter gene expression, and are heritable (via meiosis and mitosis). The … occur as a natural process of development and tissue differentiation, and can be altered in response to …
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Neglected diseases are conditions that inflict severe health burdens on the world's poorest people.
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Cloning describes a number of different processes that can be used to produce genetically identical copies of a biological entity.
… cloning. The richest source of embryonic stem cells is tissue formed during the first five days after the egg has …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
We are learning how our genomes serve as blueprints for life.