Sequence-specific inhibition of small RNA function.

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Published in PLoS Biol on February 24, 2004

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György Hutvágner1, Martin J Simard, Craig C Mello, Phillip D Zamore

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1: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

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