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  • verb genetics To artificially express a gene in increased quantity

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Examples

  • 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

  • And when you start to get more and more negative ideas about what might happen, overexpress the positive attitude to yourself.

    Srinivasan Pillay: The Irony of Being Human: Why We Often Get What We Fear Most And What to Do About This 2009

  • Nobody knows why the HER-2 gene begins to replicate or "" overexpress '' itself in some women.

    Targeting A Killer Gene 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Cancerous cells often overexpress EGFR or have mutations within EGFR, leading to uncontrolled growth or spread of the cancer cells.

    CancerConsultants 2010

  • 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

  • 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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