TRANSGENES AND GENE SUPPRESSION - TELLING US SOMETHING NEW

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作者
DOUGHERTY, WG [1 ]
PARKS, TD [1 ]
机构
[1] OREGON STATE UNIV,CTR GENE RES & BIOTECHNOL,CORVALLIS,OR 97331
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10.1016/0955-0674(95)80096-4
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Transgenes provide unique opportunities to assess the relationship between genotype and phenotype in an organism. In most cases, introduction and subsequent expression of a transgene will increase (with a sense RNA) or decrease (with an antisense RNA) the steady-state level of a specific gene product. However, a number of surprising observations have been made in the course of many transgenic studies. We develop a hypothesis that suggests that many examples of endogenous gene suppression by either antisense or sense transcripts are mediated by the same cellular mechanism.
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