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- verb genetics To artificially
express agene in increased quantity
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Examples
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Subsequent development has made it possible to introduce and overexpress a large number of transgenes in mice and also other mammals [27].
The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information 2007
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And when you start to get more and more negative ideas about what might happen, overexpress the positive attitude to yourself.
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Nobody knows why the HER-2 gene begins to replicate or "" overexpress '' itself in some women.
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Finally, almost all epithelial cell cancer patients overexpress the EGF-R.
Milk. It does a body good. Or Not. | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006
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Illustrating his points by scribbling a graph or sketching a diagram, Schwan said another blockbuster candidate is MetMAb, a lung cancer drug targeting about 50 percent of patients who overexpress a receptor on the cancer cell: Imagine we move the standard of care for 50 percent of lung cancer patients.
unknown title 2011
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Illustrating his points by scribbling a graph or sketching a diagram, Schwan said another blockbuster candidate is MetMAb, a lung cancer drug targeting about 50 percent of patients who overexpress a receptor on the cancer cell: Imagine we move the standard of care for 50 percent of lung cancer patients.
unknown title 2011
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Illustrating his points by scribbling a graph or sketching a diagram, Schwan said another blockbuster candidate is MetMAb, a lung cancer drug targeting about 50 percent of patients who overexpress a receptor on the cancer cell: Imagine we move the standard of care for 50 percent of lung cancer patients.
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Cancerous cells often overexpress EGFR or have mutations within EGFR, leading to uncontrolled growth or spread of the cancer cells.
CancerConsultants 2010
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Partly this is due to practical necessity, since I maladaptively overexpress the hoarding gene and tend to be surrounded by junk I can't manage to throw away.
MAKE Magazine Sean Michael Ragan 2010
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Partly this is due to practical necessity, since I maladaptively overexpress the hoarding gene and tend to be surrounded by junk I can't manage to throw away.
MAKE Magazine Sean Michael Ragan 2010
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