MICROARRAY IN BIOINFORMATICS
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Date
2009-09
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TANUVAS, Chennai
Abstract
Genes are differentially expressed in
- Different cell types (e.g. muscle cells, fibbroblasts)
- Environmental conditions (e.g. heat shock, nutrient
deprivation)
- Developmental phases (e.g. embryonic day 10)
- Cell-cycle stages (e.g. G1 phase)
- Disease states (e.g. tumor cells, virus-infected cells)
Gene expression is primarily regulated at the level of
transcription. Hence, the number of mRNA copies in a cell for
a particular gene is a good indicator of that gene’s expression
(number of proteins).
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Veterinary Science, Animal Biotechnology