Is there no end to the versatility of RNA? The latest feat to be revealed is RNA's ability to switch off genes through a neatly straightforward mechanism. So it isn't only proteins that can repress gene activity.
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R. Cech, T. RNA finds a simpler way. Nature 428, 263–264 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/428263a
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