antisense RNA

/ (ˈæntɪsɛns) /

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noun

molecules transcribed, not from DNA in the usual way, but from DNA strands complementary to those that produce normal messenger RNA. Antisense RNA occurs in nature and is inhibitory on gene action. It can be produced synthetically and offers such therapeutic possibilities as turning off viral genes

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Words nearby antisense RNA

antiselection, anti-Semite, anti-Semitic, anti-Semitism, antisense, antisense RNA, antisepsis, antiseptic, antiseptically, antiseptic dressing, antisepticize

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Example sentences from the Web for antisense RNA

With enough changing of the influenza RNA over time, the vaccine no longer provokes the “right” immune response.
When You Get the Flu This Winter, You Can Blame Anti-Vaxxers|Kent Sepkowitz|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
So too with a vaccine that provokes a specific immune response aimed at a specific RNA sequence.
When You Get the Flu This Winter, You Can Blame Anti-Vaxxers|Kent Sepkowitz|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
These drugs interfere with the double helix zip-unzip-zip-again process of RNA and DNA replication.
Emory Will Wage High-Tech War on Ebola|Kent Sepkowitz|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Here, the blockage of RNA prevents extra amyloid from being produced by targeting its precursor protein and making less of it.
Trial Drug Reverses Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice|Elizabeth Lopatto|May 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The other half of the mutants received the experimental drug, called antisense oligonucleotide or OL-1.
Trial Drug Reverses Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice|Elizabeth Lopatto|May 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Where protein synthesis is intense, the content in RNA is high.
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240|Anonymous
Thus, the spinning glands of silkworms are extraordinarily rich in RNA.
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240|Anonymous

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