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Cell Biology of Neurons and Glia | Essential Principles of Gene Expression | Regulation of Gene Expression | Experimental Approaches to Determining and Manipulating Gene Expression | Inhibition of Cellular Gene Expression | Genome-Editing Technologies | Transgenic and Gene-Targeting Techniques | Proteomics and Beyond | Conclusion | References

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In June 2000, it was announced that both a corporate effort and a government consortium had succeeded in sequencing all of the human genome. This was followed by the publication of that sequence in February 2001 (Lander et al. 2001; Venter et al. 2001). For anyone involved in biology or medicine, these events represented a revolution in the technical and conceptual approach to both research and therapy.

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