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1: Nature. 2001 May 24;411(6836):494-8.Click here to read Links
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Nature. 2001 May 24;411(6836):428-9.

Duplexes of 21-nucleotide RNAs mediate RNA interference in cultured mammalian cells.

Elbashir SM, Harborth J, Lendeckel W, Yalcin A, Weber K, Tuschl T.

Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.

RNA interference (RNAi) is the process of sequence-specific, post-transcriptional gene silencing in animals and plants, initiated by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) that is homologous in sequence to the silenced gene. The mediators of sequence-specific messenger RNA degradation are 21- and 22-nucleotide small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) generated by ribonuclease III cleavage from longer dsRNAs. Here we show that 21-nucleotide siRNA duplexes specifically suppress expression of endogenous and heterologous genes in different mammalian cell lines, including human embryonic kidney (293) and HeLa cells. Therefore, 21-nucleotide siRNA duplexes provide a new tool for studying gene function in mammalian cells and may eventually be used as gene-specific therapeutics.

PMID: 11373684 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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