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An item that has been or will be deleted.
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The act of deleting.
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A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome
Examples of deletions in a Sentence
Toward this goal we have used microarrays of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome to detect deletions from M.bovis isolates.
The proposed deletions from the existing Green Belt only total some 4 hectares and thus will not diminish its strategic value.
The cell lines were all assessed for homozygous deletions.
We attempted to characterize these chromosome 13q deletions at the molecular cytogenetic level.
In this article we report the creation of in-frame deletions or insertions in every biosynthetic gene in the cluster from Serratia sp.
In addition, chromosomal deletions of up to 2kb were detected at all 14 integrations sites examined.
The allelic deletions on chromosome arms 15q and 16q have not been defined previously for SCLC and are candidate regions to harbor novel TSGs.
This approach permitted the simultaneous evaluation of ploidy changes and chromosome arm deletions.
The corresponding number of gene deletions in the human genome is not yet precisely known.
Except for lacking exons, these pseudogenes contained several nucleotide substitutions, insertions and deletions.
A series of C -terminal deletions of Rx were made at conserved motifs in the ARC domain.
Single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) analysis and direct sequencing of TSG101 cDNAs also identified no mutations or deletions.
Consequently, due to deletions, the numbering is not necessarily sequential.
Some persons told their stories with seeming reluctance, some with candor and sincerity, some with obvious embellishments or deletions.
The Whitelist is quite short to start, but argued suggestions for additions to, or deletions from the list would be welcomed.
In some cases, RB1 gene changes/deletions are not found in the tumor cells (approximately 20% of RB1 gene changes or deletions are not detectable).
In more detail, PKU mutations can involve many different types of changes, such as deletions and insertions, in the DNA of the gene that codes for the PAH enzyme.
Fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) is a special technique that detects very small deletions.
The majority of the deletions that cause cri du chat syndrome can be identified using the FISH technique.
The extent of mental retardation and other symptoms depends on the site of the chromosomal deletions, with larger deletions resulting in more serious symptoms.