RNA-Triggered Genetic Silencing Mechanisms |
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| Air date: | Wednesday, October 22, 2003, 3:00:00 PM |
| Category: | Wednesday Afternoon Lectures |
| Description: | The genetic landscape faced by a living cell is constantly changing. Developmental transitions, environmental shifts, and pathogenic invasions lend a dynamic character to both the genome and its activity pattern. A variety of natural mechanisms are utilized by cells adapting to genetic change. These include normal developmental mechanisms and a subset of defense systems for responding to pathogens. At the root of these studies are questions of how a cell can distinguish "self" versus "nonself" and "wanted" versus "unwanted" gene expression. For more information, visit Andrew Fire The NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series includes weekly scientific talks by some of the top researchers in the biomedical sciences worldwide. |
| Author: | Andrew Fire, Ph.D., Carnegie Institution of Washington |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Rights: | This is a work of the United States Government. No copyright exists on this material. It may be disseminated freely. |
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| CIT File ID: | 10299 |
| CIT Live ID: | 2584 |
| Permanent link: | http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?10299 |