Genetics: a touch of elegance with RNAi.
RNA-mediated gene interference (RNAi), a rapid, convenient tool for inhibiting gene function in Caenorhabditis elegans, has recently been shown to work in other organisms.
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Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. hunter@biosun.harvard.edu
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