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TheTombusvirus-encoded p19protein (P19) was once thought irrelevant, but is now recognized as a potent suppressor of RNA interference. In this Timeline article, Herman Scholthof takes us through the experimental and cognitive 'twists and turns' that transformed our perceptions of P19.
