We are using cookies
This website uses cookies in order to offer you the most relevant information. By browsing this website, you accept these cookies.
This website uses cookies in order to offer you the most relevant information. By browsing this website, you accept these cookies.
Did you know?
You can double click on a word to look it up on TermGallery.
You can double click on a word to look it up on TermGallery.
Meanings of post-transcriptional gene silencing in English
The inactivation of gene expression by a posttranscriptional mechanism.
Related terms
Synonyms
Examples for "quelling"
Examples for "quelling"
1
The Argentinian Football Association has been blamed for not quelling the violence.
2
Benomar brokered a 2011 transition aimed at quelling political turmoil in Yemen.
3
Slowly she concentrated on slowing her breathing and quelling her racing heart.
4
I waited out the surf of objections, profoundly disinterested in quelling them.
5
Zorindru shot him the same quelling glance that had so intimidated Milsindra.
1
In PTGS, the transgene is transcribed but the transcripts fail to accumulate as a result of sequence-specific targeting and destruction.
2
It has become clear that PTGS occurs in both plants and animals and has roles in viral defense and transposon silencing mechanisms.
3
Downregulation of endogenous genes via post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) is a key to the characterization of gene function in plants.
Usage of post-transcriptional gene silencing in English
1
Let-7 is an evolutionary conserved microRNA that mediates post-transcriptional gene silencing to regulate a wide range of biological processes, including development, differentiation, and tumor suppression.