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… replicating a whole community is impossible.  Metagenomic sequencing allows researchers to study the entire genetic makeup of these communities via whole genome sequencing of the samples, without being able to distinguish … the process hinges on referencing to existing genome sequences.  Some of these proteins are what the scientists …

… applications, Wint also developed and tested a gene sequence-based predictor of gene expression levels using …

… mechanisms of virus-host interactions and phage-based technologies for microbiome manipulation, the VEGA symposium …

… Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it to the correct sequence to snip — but not all guides are effective. To … approach: CRISPR-Cas9 relies on RNA with a short guiding sequence (20 bp) that directs the endonuclease where to cut, … , the scientists thus set out to identify which sgRNA sequences were reliable. In an elegant, quantitative screen, …

… uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had …

… cleave the sulfur from gasses, they also produce hydrocarbons, the building blocks of many of our fuels and … beyond that into propanol, propylene, and even larger hydrocarbons that are the staples of our chemical industry,” said … done the synthesis, metagenome mining, all the way from sequencing to functional characterization, and a project …