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Russian to English translations [PRO] Medical - Genetics | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. United States Local time: 02:31 | ||||||
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3 +3 | polymorphic tandem repeats |
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polymorphic tandem repeats Explanation: Tandem repeats occur in DNA when a pattern of one or more nucleotides is repeated and the ... Polymorphic tandem repeats (alias VNTRs) are also present in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandem_repeat -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 mins (2017-10-07 11:45:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Polymorphic tandem repeats within gene promoters act as modifiers of gene expression and DNA methylation in humans https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857002/ ccccccccccccccccccccccc Polymorphic tandem repeats in the thymidylate synthase gene is associated with its protein expression in human gastrointestinal cancers. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10652619 |
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