The study of the proteins that genes create or express is called:
A. rational drug design
B. genometrics
C. proteomics
D. pharmacogenomics
E. epigenetics
C. proteomics
Proteomics is the study of the proteins that genes create or "express." Epigenetics is the study of changes in gene activity. How genes cause the expression of certain traits in individuals is a science called genometrics. Pharmacogenomics is the science that defines how individuals are genetically programmed to respond to drugs. Rational drug design is the use of computers to create drugs designed to attack specific diseased cells or to otherwise pinpoint delivery and enhance efficacy.
You might also like to view...
Beta1 stimulation results primarily in actions on the ____________________________________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which of the following can cause an increase in white blood cell production?
A) Living at high altitudes B) Hypoxia C) Infection or inflammation D) Chemotherapy
What is the radiopaque ridge that extends forward and downward on the lateral surface of the mandible called?
What will be an ideal response?
Therapeutic ultrasound is used in peripheral vascular vessels, vessels of the head and neck, and which of the following?
A) liver and its vessels B) head and its vessels C) heart and its vessels D) damaged tissues and neck