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Title
RNA silencing: the genome's immune system.
Authors
Plasterk, Ronald H A
Abstract
Genomes are databases sensitive to invasion by viruses. In recent years, a defense mechanism has been discovered, which turns out to be conserved among eukaryotes. The system can be compared to the immune system in several ways: It has specificity against foreign elements and the ability to amplify and raise a massive response against an invading nucleic acid. The latter property is beginning to be understood at the molecular level.
Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2002, Vol 296, Issue 5571, p1263