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English to Portuguese translations [PRO] Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / molecular biology????? | | English term or phrase: shRNA knock-down | "It is expected that a certain tumor cell line, which was genetically affected by a shRNA knock-down of a signalling molecule, will be characterized with respect to the importance of the down-knock protein."
it is a description of the work one of the interns is conducting with tumor cells |
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| | redução da expressão por shRNA | Explanation: shRNA is a particular type of RNA (small hairpin RNA) that will knock down the expression of the gene it is directed against, that is, it will bring the expression level down, but not abolish expression altogether.
Many scientific publications leave "knock-down" untranslated, which is another option. |
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