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posted 20. November 2005 19:10
Dicing and slicing: The core machinery of the RNA interference pathway
Source: Science Direct
Edited by Shou-Wei Ding
Scott M. Hammond,
Received 1 August 2005; revised 25 August 2005; accepted 28 August 2005. Available online 27 September 2005.
Abstract
RNA^ interference ( RNAi^) is broadly defined as a gene silencing pathway that is triggered by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). Many variations have been described on this theme. The dsRNA trigger can be supplied exogenously, as an experimental tool, or can derive from the genome^ in the form of microRNAs. Gene silencing can be the result of nucleolytic degradation of the mRNA, or by translational suppression. At the heart of the pathway are two ribonuclease^ machines. The ribonuclease III enzyme^ Dicer initiates the RNAi pathway by generating the active short interfering RNA trigger. Silencing is effected by the RNA-induced silencing complex and its RNaseH core enzyme Argonaute. This review describes the discovery of these machines and discusses future lines of work on this amazing biochemical pathway.
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