Assembly and function of RNA silencing complexes

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作者
Sontheimer, EJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Northwestern Univ, Dept Biochem Mol Biol & Cell Biol, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院; 美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1038/nrm1568
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
In the RNA-interference pathway, double-stranded RNA induces sequence-specific mRNA degradation through the action of the RNA-induced silencing complex ( RISC). Recent work has provided our first glimpses of the RISC-assembly pathway and uncovered the biochemical roles of critical RISC components. These advances have taken our mechanistic understanding of RNA interference to a new level and promise to improve our ability to exploit this biological process for use in experimental biology and medicine.
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页码:127 / 138
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