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adj. Of or relating to a nucleotide sequence that is complementary to a sequence of messenger RNA. When antisense DNA or RNA is added to a cell, it binds to a specific messenger RNA molecule and inactivates it.

n. A molecule which interacts with a complementary strand of nucleic acids, so as to suppress its transcription.

"The researchers also suppressed CPE-delta N in mice using an experimental approach called antisense and found tumors implanted into the animals did not spread."

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