(Theme 5) Below are data from Jimenez et al (2022) depicting cellular expression patterns of the tumor suppressor transcription factor p53 (a gene commonly mutated in cancers). They explored oscillating expression patterns found in a mutated human cell line. Panel D shows measurements of changes in p53 mRNA levels measured using two different approaches; figure E shows measurements of protein levels from the same samples. The numbers on either side indicate the observed fold change (FC) in relative abundance of these molecules (note that any difference in values obtained between the two methods are not relevant for this question). D E RNASeq FC qPCR FC 1.5 0.5 p53 1.5 1 0.5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 time [h] MassSpec FC WB FC 5 4 2 p53 1. 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 time [h] A) Propose an explanation for how the magnitude of protein changes can be larger than the changes in mRNA.
Gene Interactions
When the expression of a single trait is influenced by two or more different non-allelic genes, it is termed as genetic interaction. According to Mendel's law of inheritance, each gene functions in its own way and does not depend on the function of another gene, i.e., a single gene controls each of seven characteristics considered, but the complex contribution of many different genes determine many traits of an organism.
Gene Expression
Gene expression is a process by which the instructions present in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are converted into useful molecules such as proteins, and functional messenger ribonucleic (mRNA) molecules in the case of non-protein-coding genes.
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