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2161 58992 Ensembl ENSG00000131187 ENSMUSG00000021492 UniProt P00748 Q80YC5 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000505 NM_021489 RefSeq (protein) NP_000496 NP_067464 Location (UCSC) Chr 5: 177.4 – 177.42 Mb Chr 13: 55.57 – 55.57 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse Coagulation factor XII, also known as Hageman factor, is a plasma protein involved in coagulation. It is the zymogen form of ...
A simple heteroduplex cleavage assay can be run which detects any difference between two alleles amplified by PCR. Cleavage products can be visualized on simple agarose gels or slab gel systems. Alternatively, DNA can be introduced into a genome through NHEJ in the presence of exogenous double-stranded DNA fragments. [10]
A sigma factor (σ factor or specificity factor) is a protein needed for initiation of transcription in bacteria. [1] [2] It is a bacterial transcription initiation factor that enables specific binding of RNA polymerase (RNAP) to gene promoters. It is homologous to archaeal transcription factor B and to eukaryotic factor TFIIB. [3]
Genome editing, or genome engineering, or gene editing, is a type of genetic engineering in which DNA is inserted, deleted, modified or replaced in the genome of a living organism. Unlike early genetic engineering techniques that randomly insert genetic material into a host genome, genome editing targets the insertions to site-specific locations.
The host E. coli strain being used must lack the bacterial homologues of these biosynthetic genes (HIS3 and URA3 ). The bacterial one-hybrid (B1H) system is a method for identifying the sequence-specific target site of a DNA-binding domain. In this system, a given transcription factor (TF) is expressed as a fusion to a subunit of RNA polymerase.
A mobility shift assay is electrophoretic separation of a protein–DNA or protein–RNA mixture on a polyacrylamide or agarose gel for a short period (about 1.5-2 hr for a 15- to 20-cm gel). [4] The speed at which different molecules (and combinations thereof) move through the gel is determined by their size and charge, and to a lesser extent ...
The extent of proofreading in DNA replication determines the mutation rate, and is different in different species. [4] For example, loss of proofreading due to mutations in the DNA polymerase epsilon gene results in a hyper-mutated genotype with >100 mutations per million bases of DNA in human colorectal cancers. [5]
Cas12a appears in many bacterial species. The ultimate Cas12a endonuclease that was developed into a tool for genome editing was taken from one of the first 16 species known to harbor it. [4] Two candidate enzymes from Acidaminococcus and Lachnospiraceae display efficient genome-editing activity in human cells. [3]