RNA Silencing Sheds Light on the RNA World
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RNA Silencing Sheds Light on the RNA World
0001 RNA silencing — also known as RNA interference — is an intriguing phenomenon in which short, double-stranded RNA “triggers” can prevent the expression of specifi c genes. First discovered in plants, RNA interference is now recognized as a widespread, if not ubiquitous, phenomenon, and it is causing great excitement as an experimental technique for selectively blocking gene expression. The ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Biology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1545-7885
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040448