title: [RNA interference (RNAi) as novel approach for gene silencing--review].
abstract: RNA interference (RNAi), a highly conserved evolutionary process of post-transcriptional gene silencing, can be triggered by small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) that mediate sequence-specific mRNA degradation. The article summarized some aspects of the mechanism of RNAi, siRNA design and delivery of siRNAs to mammalian somatic cells. And some hurdles in practice were also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Xia
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D034622:RNA Interference; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D034741:RNA, Small Interfering