gene silencing
noun [ U ] biology specialized uk/ˈdʒiːn ˌsaɪ.ləns.ɪŋ/ us/ˈdʒiːn ˌsaɪ.ləns.ɪŋ/
基因静默
a process in which a particular gene, especially one that causes disease, is prevented from affecting a cell
Gene silencing is a procedure that selectively disables individual genes. 基因静默指有选择地禁用个体基因的做法。
Using gene silencing, scientists have shut down the genes in soybeans that make the protein thought to cause most soybean allergies in humans. 利用基因静默，科学家已经关闭了大豆的一些基因，这些基因产生的蛋白质被认为是人类大豆过敏的主要原因。
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- Recently scientists found that gene silencing works in many animals, including worms and mouse embryos.
- It looks like gene silencing is a very old mechanism and is in all living things.
- Until then, attempts at gene silencing killed human cells.