RNA silencing allows cells to block invading viruses or mobile DNAs. An RNA-cleaving enzyme involved in the first step of silencing has now been identified.
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Baulcombe, D. Diced defence. Nature 409, 295–296 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35053256
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