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Insertion

Insertion

1. (Science: anatomy) The place of attachment, as of a muscle to the bone which it moves.

2. (Science: genetics) a rare nonreciprocal translocation involving three breaks in which a segment is removed from one chromosome and then inserted into a broken region of a nonhomologous chromosome.

Origin: L. Inserere = to join to


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Inserting cDNA into a retroviral vector?..

you will hardly insert dsDNA into ssRNA. You have to make RNA from it and that use for the insertion. But you have to be aware whether your retrovirus contains + or - RNA strand.

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by JackBean
Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:20 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Inserting cDNA into a retroviral vector?..
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RNA

I think the answer to question 2 is formation of chimeric proteins because insertion, deletion and substitution are possible consequences of RNA splicing.

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by revision
Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:01 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: RNA
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Views: 705

RNA

... to occur 4. It facilitates termination of transcription 3? not too sure which else... Ques 2: Which may not be consequences of RNA splicing 1. Insertion of amino acids in the protein sequence 2. Deletion of amino acids in the protein sequence 3. Substitution of amino acids in the protein sequence ...

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by 2468
Tue Nov 20, 2012 6:03 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: RNA
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"Compendium of all muscle data" text resouce?

Not just looking for the typical insertion point, etc. data found in any medical anatomy text Resources, textbooks etc. which include stats for as much of the following as possible for each individual skeletal muscle in the human anatomy: ...

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by aj415
Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:33 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: "Compendium of all muscle data" text resouce?
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Views: 2047

Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

There are genetic mechanisms for the insertion of viral DNA in an host DNA. The description of which can be found in a textbook (there are plenty available on the NCBI Bookshelf: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books) You might also find how viruses ...

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by jumma
Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:18 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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