›› 2013, Vol. ›› Issue (5): 61-66.

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Advancement on the Inhibition of Viral Replication by RNA Interference in Animals

HUANG Shuang1,2, WANG Feng-xue2, WEN Yong-jun2   

  1. 1. Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals, Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun 130122, China
  • Received:2012-10-24 Online:2013-05-20 Published:2013-05-27

Abstract: RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) is a conserved gene-silencing mechanism, where by the doublestranded RNA matching is used as a signal to trigger the sequence-specific degradation of homologous mRNA. RNAi has become a valuable tool for analysis of gene function through suppression of specific gene products. In addition, RNAi has shown great promise for use in antiviral strategies designed to suppress the expression of pathogenic genes. The present review elaborates the mechanism of RNA interference, the development and application about RNAi inhibiting the virus replication and infection in animals, and the issued obstacles.

Key words: RNA-mediated interference; viral infection; replication inhibition

CLC Number: