title: The first demonstration of RNA interference to inhibit mRNA function.
abstract: I review how RNA interference was discovered for the first time in 1984 in our laboratory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, United States.
authors.forename: Masayori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inouye
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000266:history; D034622:RNA Interference; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger
keywords: Antisense RNA; E. coli; OmpF; Outer membrane proteins; RNA interference; micF