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Nature Chemical Biology 1, 185–186 (1 September 2005) | doi:10.1038/nchembio0905-185

Antigene leaps forward through an open door

Bruce A Armitage

The ability to specifically inhibit expression of a single gene has become an essential tool for genomics and a long-standing goal for therapeutics. Antisense oligomers and short interfering RNA (siRNA) block gene expression by preventing proper translation of messenger RNA, but no general method has emerged for inhibiting transcription.