deletion

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.