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Mello, C. C., & Conte, D. (2004). Revealing the world of RNA interference. Nature, 431(7006), 338–342.

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  1. Craig C. Mello (first)
  2. Darryl Conte (additional)
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@article{Mello_2004, title={Revealing the world of RNA interference}, volume={431}, ISSN={1476-4687}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature02872}, DOI={10.1038/nature02872}, number={7006}, journal={Nature}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Mello, Craig C. and Conte, Darryl}, year={2004}, month=sep, pages={338–342} }