It is defined, according to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), as the inactivation of specific genes used in laboratory organisms to study genetic function.
A team of researchers led by the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) has reduced the total figure that makes up the human genome by 1,700 genes, thus obtaining that our genome is finally made up of 19,000 genes. To do this, they carried out state-of-the-art bioinformatics and genetic analyzes, as well as the use of data from seven previous mass spectrometry studies, the most powerful tool for detecting molecules, in this case proteins from more than 50 tissues. humans.
A work published in the journal Cell Reports describes with great precision the map of genomic regulation and offers new keys to understand the differences between animal species and even the development of some diseases. The study, led by researchers from the Carlos III National Center for Cardiovascular Research (Madrid), describes the interaction of five proteins of the Hox system, essential for the development of the embryo.
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