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Nature 409, 295-296 (18 January 2001) | doi:10.1038/35053256
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RNA silencing: Diced defence
David Baulcombe
Abstract
RNA silencing allows cells to block invading viruses or mobile DNAs. An RNA-cleaving enzyme involved in the first step of silencing has now been identified.
Several years ago, I heard a famous geneticist describe the difference between talks given by geneticists and those by biochemists. To him, a geneticist's talk was one with ideas but no data; a biochemist's talk was just the opposite.
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