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Antiviral silencing in animals.
FEBS letters - 31 Oct 2005
Li Hong-Wei, Ding Shou-Wei
Abstract excerpt
RNA silencing or RNA interference (RNAi) refers to the small RNA-guided gene silencing mechanism conserved in a wide range of eukaryotic organisms from plants to mammals. As part of this special issue on the biology, mechanisms and applications of RNAi, here we review the recent advances on defining a role of RNAi in the responses of invertebrate and vertebrate animals to virus infection. Approximately 40 miRNAs...
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