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Reverse Genetics

"Reverse Genetics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The use of techniques that produce a functional MUTATION or an effect on GENE EXPRESSION of a specific gene of interest in order to identify the role or activity of the gene product of that gene.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Reverse Genetics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Reverse Genetics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 3 publications over 3 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2011 and 2014 and 2015
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