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A Golgi body, also known as a Golgi apparatus, is a cell organelle that helps process and package proteins and lipid molecules, especially proteins destined to be exported from the cell.
… Golgi Apparatus, Camillo Golgi, Cell Biology …
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A germ line is the sex cells (eggs and sperm) that are used by sexually reproducing organisms to pass on genes from generation to generation.
… Germ Line, Sexual Reproduction, Cell Biology …
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Endoplasmic reticulum is a network of membranes inside a cell through which proteins and other molecules move.
… Endoplasmic Reticulum, Proteins, Ribosomes, Cell Biology …
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A cell cycle is a series of events that takes place in a cell as it grows and divides.
… Cell Division, Basic Biology, DNA Synthesis …
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Dr. Sharon Milgram is an adjunct investigator in the Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… is an adjunct investigator in the Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch at the National Human Genome Research …
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A transcriptome is a collection of all the gene readouts present in a cell.
… and rat are important models with which to study human biology. The Mouse Transcriptome Project was an NIH-supported … transcriptome. Both Novartis and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory have well-established gene expression … Transcriptome, Genes, Cell Biology, RNA Sequence, DNA …
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Messenger RNA (abbreviated mRNA) is a type of single-stranded RNA involved in protein synthesis.
… Messenger RNA, MRNA, Protein Synthesis, Cell Biology …
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A chromatid is one of two identical halves of a replicated chromosome.
… Chromosome, Cell Division, Cell Biology, DNA Replication …
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Mitochondria are membrane-bound cell organelles (mitochondrion, singular) that generate most of the chemical energy needed to power the cell's biochemical reactions.
… Mitochondria, Mitochondrial DNA, Cell Biology, Adenosine Triphosphate, ATP …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 6, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about NHGRI's completion of the third phase of the ENCODE Project and how it reveals the most extensive catalog to date of candidate functional elements that may regulate the genes in the human and mouse genomes.
… (NICHD) are collaborating to support a new initiative, the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression ( dGTEx ) Project. … Laboratory, Data Analysis, and Coordinating Center for the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression Project Pediatric … Biospecimen Procurement Center (BPC) supporting the Developmental Gene Expression (dGTEx) Project Ruth L. …