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Silencing genes

Decreasing transcription of a gene can dramatically change the phenotype of an organism. Here, molecular biologist Kevin Moffat examines how the chance discovery of RNA interference gave us a way to exert such control, and explains how this is now being developed to treat disease

Kevin Moffat

A purple flower.
Representative petunia colours: (a) a commercial purple variety
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AQA Regulation of transcription and translation; Using genome projects; Recombinant DNA technology

OCR A Manipulating genomes

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