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How does RNA editing affect dsRNA-mediated gene silencing?
1Department of Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
Abstract:
In general, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-binding proteins (dsRBPs) are not sequence-specific. A dsRNA molecule in a cell will interact with any dsRBP it comes in contact with, suggesting that different dsRNA-mediated pathways intersect and affect each other. This paper analyzes evidence that the ADAR RNA editing enzymes, which act on dsRNA, affect dsRNA-mediated gene silencing pathways. Examples of how ADARs alter gene silencing pathways such as RNA interference, as well as mechanisms that allow the pathways to coexist and maintain their unique functions, are discussed.
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