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Abstract
One of the many intriguing features of gene silencing by RNA interference is the apparent catalytic nature of the phenomenon. New biochemical and genetic evidence now shows that an RNA-directed RNA polymerase chain reaction, primed by siRNA, amplifies the interference caused by a small amount of "trigger" dsRNA.Mesh:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11719182 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(01)00581-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN: 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582