Example sentences for: precursor

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  • The hedgehog ( hh ) gene was identified two decades ago in Drosophila as a critical regulator of cell-fate determination during embryogenesis [ 1 ] . Subsequent work in several model systems has defined and characterized the Hh gene family that encodes highly conserved secreted signaling proteins (for review see [ 2 ] ). Hedgehog (Hh) proteins are synthesized as approximately 45 kDa precursors that autoprocess in an unprecedented fashion, resulting in the covalent attachment of a cholesterol moiety to the amino-terminal half of the precursor [ 2 ] . This processed amino-terminal domain, Hh-Np, is responsible for the activation of a unique and complex signaling cascade that is essential for controlling cell fate throughout development and into adulthood [ 2 ] . In mammals there are three Hh-family proteins: Sonic (Shh), Indian (Ihh), and Desert (Dhh).

  • An alternative scenario holds that the RDRPs are ancient enzymes that diverged from the evolutionary precursor of DDRP at a very early, pre-LUCA stage of evolution, albeit after the duplication that led to the differentiation of the β and β' versions of the DPBB domain.

  • The Xylella genes are associated with other genes that presumably dictate a fate for anthranilate other than as a primary precursor of tryptophan.

  • • Could the necessity for dough to be gaumy or gormy (On Good Terms) be a precursor of the term gormless meaning stupid, dull?

  • [ 38], genomes evolve from a set of precursor genes to a mature size by random gene duplications and gradual accumulation of modifications through point mutations.


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