RNA INTERFERENCE AND SIRNAS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Non-coding sRNAs s- sans✔✔no sORF
ORF s- sans✔✔Open sReading sFrame
needs sstart sand sstop scodon
produce sprotein sof sat sleast s50 samino sacids
Small snon-coding sRNAs s- sans✔✔Shorter sthan s30nt
regulate sanother sRNA svia sbase-pairing
Small snon-coding sRNAs sclasses s- sans✔✔siRNAs
miRNAs
piRNAs
siRNAs s- sans✔✔short sinterfering sRNAs
originate sfrom sexternal ssource sto ssilence sinvading sRNA
endo-siRNAs s- sans✔✔siRNAs sexpressed sby sthe sgenome
Exogenous s- sans✔✔external
miRNAs s- sans✔✔microRNAs s
encoded sby sgenome sto sprevent stranslation sof san smRNA
piRNAs s- sans✔✔piwi-interacting sRNAs
encoded sby sgenome sto srepress stransposons
Function sof sNoncoding sRNAs s- sans✔✔Immune ssystem
degrade sviral sRNA
Guard sgenome sfrom stransposable selements
(scientists sharness sthis sto sknock sout sor sknock sdown sgenes)
Small sRNAs sact sby sbase spairing s- sans✔✔siRNAs suse sPERFECT sbase spairing sto
srecognize starget
RNA sinterference sdiscovery s- sans✔✔Fire's sLab snoticed sthat sdsRNA scould spost
stranscriptionally ssilence sgene sexpression sin sc. selegans
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Non-coding sRNAs s- sans✔✔no sORF
ORF s- sans✔✔Open sReading sFrame
needs sstart sand sstop scodon
produce sprotein sof sat sleast s50 samino sacids
Small snon-coding sRNAs s- sans✔✔Shorter sthan s30nt
regulate sanother sRNA svia sbase-pairing
Small snon-coding sRNAs sclasses s- sans✔✔siRNAs
miRNAs
piRNAs
siRNAs s- sans✔✔short sinterfering sRNAs
originate sfrom sexternal ssource sto ssilence sinvading sRNA
endo-siRNAs s- sans✔✔siRNAs sexpressed sby sthe sgenome
Exogenous s- sans✔✔external
miRNAs s- sans✔✔microRNAs s
encoded sby sgenome sto sprevent stranslation sof san smRNA
piRNAs s- sans✔✔piwi-interacting sRNAs
encoded sby sgenome sto srepress stransposons
Function sof sNoncoding sRNAs s- sans✔✔Immune ssystem
degrade sviral sRNA
Guard sgenome sfrom stransposable selements
(scientists sharness sthis sto sknock sout sor sknock sdown sgenes)
Small sRNAs sact sby sbase spairing s- sans✔✔siRNAs suse sPERFECT sbase spairing sto
srecognize starget
RNA sinterference sdiscovery s- sans✔✔Fire's sLab snoticed sthat sdsRNA scould spost
stranscriptionally ssilence sgene sexpression sin sc. selegans