A novel approach for studying severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus genome──RNA interference
- VernacularTitle:严重急性呼吸综合征相关冠状病毒基因组研究的新技术——RNA干扰
- Author:
Zhongtian QI
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- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
severe acute respiratory syndrome;
coronavirus;
genome;
RNA interference
- From:
Academic Journal of Second Military Medical University
1985;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been spreading in nearly 30 countries and regions worldwide recently. In response to its outbreak, many laboratories worldwide collaborated to identify the causative agent of SARS. A new type of coronavirus(named SARS CoV)has been isolated consequently, and the complete genomic sequences of the SARS CoV have been published. It is very important, at this stage, to deeply investigate the functional genome of SARS CoV with modern molecular techniques. As a new gene silencing method at RNA level, the recently established RNA interference will be a useful approach for the studies of SARS CoV genome.
