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Cellular Ninjas regulate gene expression.

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Nov2017 (Volume) 30 (Number) 2
Medium (Periodical) Biological Sciences Review.
Classif 570 BIO
Subject Biology
Page 2 - 6
Authors O'Keefe, Ray
Contents

RNA interference - RNAi - acts like a Ninja by dicing and slicing up messager RNAs, preventing them from being translated into proteins. The author, a geneticist, explains how RNAi works, how RNAi regulates processes in human cells and how scientists are exploiting RNAi to treat diseases.

Keywords
Cell function     Cell structure     Cellular processes     Dicer     Gene expression     Genetics     mRNA     RNA