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RNA Interference: A New Way to Analyze Protein Function
Author(s) -
Schepers Ute,
Kolter Thomas
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20010702)40:13<2437::aid-anie2437>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - rna , rna interference , proteomics , functional genomics , computational biology , function (biology) , messenger rna , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , chemistry , biology , genomics , biochemistry , genome
In the era of genomics and proteomics the functional characterization of gene products (proteins, metabolites) plays an important role. The simple introduction of double‐stranded RNA into cells promotes the specific degradation of messenger RNA that encodes a particular protein, and so allows the analysis of the protein's function.