Regulation of gene expression, or gene regulation, includes a wide range of mechanisms that are used by cells to increase or decrease the production of...

Gene expression is the process (including its regulation) by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product that enables...

the regulation of gene expression. Gene expression can be controlled through the action of repressor proteins that attach to silencer regions of the DNA...

proliferation. This gene also has a role in the formation of some cancers and in the regulation of gene expression. The H19 gene is expressed exclusively...

In biochemistry, in the biological context of organisms' regulation of gene expression and production of gene products, downregulation is the process by...

promoter regions of signal-regulated genes. These DSBs allow rapid up-regulation of expression of such signal responsive genes in a number of systems (see...

However, the amount of gene product produced in a cell is more commonly dependent on regulation of gene expression. The normal gene dosage is dependent on...

Gene silencing is the regulation of gene expression in a cell to prevent the expression of a certain gene. Gene silencing can occur during either transcription...

Post-transcriptional regulation is the control of gene expression at the RNA level. It occurs once the RNA polymerase has been attached to the gene's promoter and...

Therapeutic gene modulation refers to the practice of altering the expression of a gene at one of various stages, with a view to alleviate some form of ailment...

segment of a nucleic acid molecule which is capable of increasing or decreasing the expression of specific genes within an organism. Regulation of gene expression...

source of genetic variability. They seem to play a particularly important role in the regulation of gene expression and the creation of RNA genes. This...

heavily on proper expression of the SHH gene and subsequent sonic hedgehog protein, earning it the distinction of being an essential gene to development...

for the regulation of gene expression in cancer cells, as an epigenetic control aberration responsible for gene inactivation. Hypermethylation of CpG islands...

regulating the expression of adjacent genes; hence these receptors are classified as transcription factors. The regulation of gene expression by nuclear receptors...

List of cis-regulatory RNA elements Polyadenylation signals, mRNA AU-rich element, mRNA Other Regulation of gene expression Cis-trans isomerism Gene regulatory...

location of genetic information in cytoplasmic organelles permits regulation of its expression by the reduction-oxidation ("redox") state of its gene products...

one of twelve nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) whose main function is the organization of genetic material, including the regulation of gene expression...

lysine residue of the histone H3 protein and is often involved in the regulation of gene expression. The name denotes the addition of three methyl groups...

chromosomes, which serve as the scaffold for replication and the regulation of gene expression. As such, they are usually under strict copy-number control...

Reporter genes are molecular tools widely used in molecular biology, genetics, and biotechnology to study gene function, expression patterns, and regulatory...

genetics, a regulator gene, regulator, or regulatory gene is a gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes. Regulatory sequences...

MeCP2 has been implicated in regulation of imprinted genes and loci that include UBE3A and DLX5. Reduced expression of MECP2 in Mecp2+/- neural stem...

play a role in the regulation of gene expression as well as the cell cycle. The C8orf34 gene is located on the positive-sense strand of chromosome 8 at locus...

form a molecular clockwork that orchestrates global gene expression. This system enhances the fitness of cyanobacteria in rhythmic environments. Before the...

modification of heavy metals, regulation of gene expression, regulation of protein function, and RNA processing. In vitro methylation of tissue samples...

including the control of cell growth, cell proliferation, cell differentiation, and apoptosis. In humans, TGF-β1 is encoded by the TGFB1 gene. TGF-β is a multifunctional...

to DNA and regulate gene expression to prevent mutations of the genome. In addition to the full-length protein, the human TP53 gene encodes at least 12...

miRNAs are involved in RNA silencing and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. miRNAs base-pair to complementary sequences in messenger RNA...

genes on and off, or spur a cell to move. Some of the most common biological pathways are involved in metabolism, the regulation of gene expression and...