title: Revealing the world of RNA interference.
abstract: The recent discoveries of RNA interference and related RNA silencing pathways have revolutionized our understanding of gene regulation. RNA interference has been used as a research tool to control the expression of specific genes in numerous experimental organisms and has potential as a therapeutic strategy to reduce the expression of problem genes. At the heart of RNA interference lies a remarkable RNA processing mechanism that is now known to underlie many distinct biological phenomena.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA. craig.mello@umassmed.edu
authors.forename: Craig C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Mello
authors.forename: Darryl
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Conte
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics; D034622:RNA Interference / Q000502:physiology*; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019076:Transgenes / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded