Article on RNAi by GNN
Edit Page
Report
Scan day: 17 February 2014 UTC
24
Virus safety - good
Description: Online article describing gene silencing mechanism and how RNAi can be used for HIV treatment.
One of nature’s oldest tricks thwarts the AIDS virus in cell cultures Nature would never leave something as valuable as genetic code unprotected. One of the security measures protecting DNA in plants and animals is a mechanism that fights viruses by shutting down their genes. In plants the phenomenon is known as gene silencing, and it has been widely used to study plant genes. It has also been used to create transgenic tomato plants that are resistant to plant viruses.
Size: 482 chars
Contact Information
Email:Send Message
Phone&Fax: —
Address: —
Extended: —
WEBSITE Info
| Page title: | Silencing Genes in HIV |
| Keywords: | |
| Description: | |
| IP-address: | 192.207.234.191 |