RNA interference
RNA interference
nounDefinition of RNA INTERFERENCE
: a posttranscriptional genetic mechanism that suppresses gene expression and in which double-stranded RNA cleaved into small fragments initiates the degradation of a complementary messenger RNA; also : a technique that artificially induces RNA interference
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1998
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