Interindividual Response to Nutrients
any one of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position on a chromosome
allele
a variant DNA sequence in which the purine or pyrimidine base of a single nucleotide has been replaced by another base
SNPs
the fundamental physical and functional unit of heredity, which carries information from one generation to the next
gene
any of the various simple water soluble proteins that are rich in the basic amino acids lysine and arginine
histone
a compound occurring in food that brings about a physiological effect
bioactive food component
the formulation and differentiation of blood vessels
angiogenesis
the genetic constitution of an organism
genotype
existence of a gene in several allelic forms
polymorphism
a positive regulatory effect on a physiological process
up-regulation
simply ordered sets of DNA molecules of known sequence; a laboratory technique used to analyze the expression of gene expression
microarray
genetically determined provers of cell self-destruction that is marked by the fragmentation of nuclear DNA
apoptosis
modification of a molecule by the addition of a methyl group
methylation
one of the most abundant classes of transcriptional regulators in animals that regulate diverse functions such as homeostasis, reproduction and development
nuclear receptor
a negative regulatory effect on a physiological process
down regulation
the interactions of cellular and molecular components and engineered materials
nanotechnology
the fundamental substance of which genes are composed
DNA
the visible properties of an organism that are produced by the interaction of the genotype and the environment
phenotype
subunit that polymerizes into nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
nucleotide
the whole set of metabolic entities and small pathway motifs in a cell, tissue, organ, etc...
metabolize
a group, ion, or molecule coordinated to a central atom or molecule in a complex
ligand
the process whether RNA is synthesized from a DNA template
development involving gradual diversification and differentiation of an initially undifferentiated entity
epigenesis
the active sulfornium form of methionine that acts as a methyl group donor in various biochemical trans methylation reactions
SAM
the genetic constitution of an organism
genotype
process of disease risk reduction via nutritional intervention approaches through a greater understanding of nutrigenomics, proteomics, and metabolomics
nutritional preemption