NOUN
- a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected
How To Use mutant gene In A Sentence
- In heterozygous females, pre-B cells whose active X chromosome expresses the mutant gene would not terminally differentiate and proliferate.
- You probably don't know it but it is highly likely that you carry a mutant gene that is responsible for a serious disease. Times, Sunday Times
- The couples were put into three groups depending on the DNA of the men: men without the gene mutation, men with one copy of the mutant gene and men with both copies of the mutation.
- Objective To establish a simple, accurate and rapid method for screening of the mutant genes in phenylketonuria.
- She also happens to carry the mutant gene for Huntington's disease. Times, Sunday Times
- Once isolated, the mutant gene will be the second gene known to increase the risk for the brain disorder.
- Probably, the presence of a mutant gene just brings an individual one step closer to the possibility of cancer.
- This review will focus on the recent development of hereditary endocrine and metabolic diseases according to the functional classification of the mutant genes.
- Consider the case of a new, supercharged mutant gene that appears in a bacterium.
- This mutant gene is thought to cause cancer.
