The main goal of his research has been to try to understand how genes can function collectively in the cell.
In some mice the transplanted genes were still functioning properly after nine months, almost half the animals' natural life spans.
This gene is highly expressed in the brain and may function as an integrin ligand in the brain.
The helper virus provides the gene functions that are absent from the DIPs.
The laboratory's research emphasis is on plant genomics, the study of how genes function in plant development.
The hope was that the normal genes might function and allow the cells to make the needed chloride channels.
If the mammoth's genes could function without error inside the elephant's cells, it would be good evidence that the Cole-Amosov model was correct.
Downstream genes would function to interpret the signal from the core group of genes in a cell type specific way.
Genetic compatibility refers to how well the genes of two parents function together in their offspring.
"We need to look much more closely at the environments in which these genes are functioning."