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gene suppression

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gene suppression [′jēn sə‚presh·ən]
(genetics)
The development of a normal phenotype in a mutant individual or cell due to a second mutation either in the same gene or in a different gene.


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This knowledge allows scientists to explore gene suppression, a possible key to unlocking a cure for dozens of diseases, he said.
Riggs in 1983 theorized that the X, compared with other chromosomes, is enriched in some DNA sequence that facilitates gene suppression.
There is an introduction to technologies for gene suppression as well as molecular diagnostics to detect and monitor gene expression.
 
 
 
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