short interfering RNA
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short interfering RNA
abbr.: siRNA; a double-stranded RNA, 21 — 23 bp long, that can specifically silence gene expression. The most efficient gene silencing effect is given by having a 19 nucleotide region complementary to the mRNA and projections of two nucleotides at the 3′ ends.
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