Chest pain and shortness of breath if blood clots form in the blood vessels in your lungs and heart. Pain, redness, warmth, and swelling in the lower leg if blood clots form in the deep veins of your leg. Headaches, speech changes, paralysis (an inability to move), dizziness, and trouble speaking and understanding if blood clots form in the blood vessels in your brain. These signs and symptoms may indicate a stroke.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A gene knockout (abbreviation: KO) is a genetic technique in which one of an organism 's genes is made inoperative (knocked out of the organism). knockout mouse (left) that is a model of obesity, compared with a normal mouse. A conditional knockout allows gene deletion in a tissue or time specific manner. This is done by introducing short sequences called loxP sites around the gene.
Gene silencing is the process of turning off a gene, thereby preventing it from expressing in the form of protein production or other forms of expression. This process happens naturally in many cases for the purpose of regulating the expression of genes and preventing potential damage from viruses. Gene silencing is also an important laboratory technique, as disabling a gene is a highly effective way of determining the purpose of that gene.