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RNAi gene knockdown

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A gene knockdown that silences genes through artificially-induced RNA interference. This is accomplished by introducing small double-stranded interfering RNA complementary to the target mRNA to be silenced, which is then cleaved by a ribonuclease.

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RNAi gene knockdown

alternative term

RNA interference gene knockdown

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url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_knockdown

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RNAi gene knockdown

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000125

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Rebecca Jackson

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