Recent RNAi-Related Papers of Note: Nov 25, 2005

Nov 25, 2005

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Recent RNAi-Related Papers of Note
Title	Citations	Authors
Activation of the Mammalian Immune System by siRNAs	Nature Biotechnology, Nov. 2005; 23: 11, 1399-1405	Marques and Williams
Simple, Quantitative Primer-Extension PCR Assay for Direct Monitoring of microRNAs and Short Interfering RNAs	RNA, Nov. 2005; 11: 11, 1737-1744	Johnson et al.
Inhibition of Drug-Resistant HIV-1 by RNA Interference	Antiviral Research, Nov. 2, 2005; epub ahead of print	Metzner et al.
Human RISC Couples microRNA Biogenesis and Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing	Cell, Nov. 3, 2005; epub ahead of print	Shiekhattar et al.
Argonaute2 Cleaves the Anti-Guide Strand of siRNA During RISC Activation	Cell, Nov. 3, 2005; epub ahead of print	Wang et al.
Passanger-Strand Cleavage Facilitates Assembly of siRNA into Ago-Containing RNAi Enzyme Complexes	Cell, Nov. 3, 2005; epub ahead of print	Zamore et al.
Reconstituted Influenza Virus Envelopes as an Efficient Carrier System for Cellular Delivery of Small Interfering RNAs	Gene Therapy, Nov. 3, 2005; epub ahead of print	Huckriede et al.
RNA Knockdown as a Potential Therapeutic Strategy in Parkinson's disease	Gene Therapy, Nov. 3, 2005; epub ahead of print	Mandel et al.
Dicer-Like 4 is Required for RNA Interference and Produces the 21-Nucleotide Small Interfering RNA Component of the Plant-to-Cell Silencing Signal	Nature Genetics, Nov. 6, 2005; epub ahead of print	Voinnet et al.
Identification of Clustered microRNAs Using an Ab Initio Prediction Method	BMC Bioinformatics, Nov. 7, 2005; epub ahead of print	Zavolan et al.
Disruption of GW Bodies Impairs Mammalian RNA Interference	Nature Cell Biology, Nov. 13, 2005; epub ahead of print	Chan et al.
A Role for the P-Body Compoenent GW182 in microRNA Function	Nature Cell Biology, Nov. 13, 2005; epub ahead of print	Hannon et al.
Slicer Function of Drosophila Argonautes and Its Involvement in RISC Formation	Genes & Development, Nov. 14, 2005; epub ahead of print	Siomi et al.
Negative Regulation of Nuclear Division in Caenorhabditis elegans by Retinoblastoma and RNA Interference-Related Genes	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nov. 15, 2005; epub ahead of print	Grishok and Sharp

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