Expression Atlas
Have you ever drawn or painted a picture and used different colors? Each color can represent something different, like the sky or the grass. Similarly, a cell in our body has different parts that each do a different job. Just like you can use colors for different parts of your picture, scientists use something called an expression atlas to figure out which parts of a cell are doing what job.
An expression atlas is like a map of a cell or an organism. It tells scientists how much of each gene or protein is being produced in different parts of the cell or the organism at different times. Genes are like little instructions that tell the cell how to make different proteins, and proteins are like little machines that do different jobs in the cell.
Using an expression atlas, scientists can see which genes and proteins are turned on or off in different situations. For example, they can see which genes are turned on when the cell is growing, or when it is responding to an infection.
By studying these maps, scientists can learn more about how cells work and how different diseases affect our bodies. It's like having a big puzzle and using the expression atlas to figure out where each piece fits in.
An expression atlas is like a map of a cell or an organism. It tells scientists how much of each gene or protein is being produced in different parts of the cell or the organism at different times. Genes are like little instructions that tell the cell how to make different proteins, and proteins are like little machines that do different jobs in the cell.
Using an expression atlas, scientists can see which genes and proteins are turned on or off in different situations. For example, they can see which genes are turned on when the cell is growing, or when it is responding to an infection.
By studying these maps, scientists can learn more about how cells work and how different diseases affect our bodies. It's like having a big puzzle and using the expression atlas to figure out where each piece fits in.