SYNTHETIC ENHANCEMENT IN GENE INTERACTION - A GENETIC TOOL COME OF AGE

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GUARENTE, L
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[1] L. Guarente is in the Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
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10.1016/0168-9525(93)90042-G
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
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Synthetic enhancement, in which one mutation exacerbates the severity of another, is a genetic interaction of increasing importance in biology. This review focuses on the logic of interpreting synthetic enhancement, and begins by comparing the phenomenon with genetic suppression.
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