Revealing the world of RNA interference

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作者
Mello, CC [1 ]
Conte, D
机构
[1] Univ Massachusetts, Sch Med, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Worcester, MA 01605 USA
[2] Univ Massachusetts, Sch Med, Program Mol Med, Worcester, MA 01605 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
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10.1038/nature02872
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The recent discoveries of RNA interference and related RNA silencing pathways have revolutionized our understanding of gene regulation. RNA interference has been used as a research tool to control the expression of specific genes in numerous experimental organisms and has potential as a therapeutic strategy to reduce the expression of problem genes. At the heart of RNA interference lies a remarkable RNA processing mechanism that is now known to underlie many distinct biological phenomena.
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