deletion Definition
de·letion (dē lē′s̸hən, di-)
noun
- a deleting or being deleted
- a deleted word, passage, etc.
- Genetics the absence of some normal portion of a chromosome
Etymology: L deletio
deletion Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- chromosome: She gave the example of a deletion of chromosome 22 called 22q11.
- gene: Embryonic mortality may occur and there may be unpredictable effects caused by deletion of the genes.
- clause: Jon Nicholl proposed that the addition to the bye-laws be accepted with deletion of the clause regarding an upper size limit.
- paragraph: For this reason we recommend the deletion of paragraph 153.
- arm: Retinoblastoma is associated with constitutional deletion of the long arm of chromosome 13.
Converse of object
- confirm: You will be asked to confirm deletion - be brave - select the YES button!
- detect: Toward this goal we have used microarrays of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome to detect deletions from M.bovis isolates.
- propose: The proposed deletions from the existing Green Belt only total some 4 hectares and thus will not diminish its strategic value.
- request: You may request deletion of your Holistic Listings member details by sending an email to Holistic Listings.
Adjective modifier
- homozygous: The cell lines were all assessed for homozygous deletions.
- 13q: We attempted to characterize these chromosome 13q deletions at the molecular cytogenetic level.
- hemizygous: At diagnosis, the incidence of p16 homozygous and hemizygous deletion in this group was 32 % and 20 % respectively.
- in-frame: In this article we report the creation of in-frame deletions or insertions in every biosynthetic gene in the cluster from Serratia sp.
- chromosomal: In addition, chromosomal deletions of up to 2kb were detected at all 14 integrations sites examined.
- allelic: The allelic deletions on chromosome arms 15q and 16q have not been defined previously for SCLC and are candidate regions to harbor novel TSGs.
Modifies a noun
- mutant: DNA transformation analysis of promoter deletion mutants for this gene have identified three classes of upstream elements that are essential for cAMP regulation.
- mutation: The large fragment deletion mutations were located in a hot spot for deletion that has been reported.
- mapping: Refined deletion mapping using a larger group of patients is one approach to isolate single genes within critical intervals.
Noun used with modifier
- chromosome: This approach permitted the simultaneous evaluation of ploidy changes and chromosome arm deletions.
- gene: The corresponding number of gene deletions in the human genome is not yet precisely known.
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