Biomolecule
Mediating RNA interference in cultured mammalian cells.
Small interfering RNA (siRNA ), sometimes known as short interfering RNA or silencing RNA , is a class of double-stranded RNA at first non-coding RNA molecules , typically 20–24 (normally 21) base pairs in length, similar to miRNA , and operating within the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway. It interferes with the expression of specific genes with complementary nucleotide sequences by degrading mRNA after transcription , preventing translation .[1] [2]
It was discovered in 1998, by Andrew Fire at Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington DC and Craig Mello at University of Massachusetts in Worcester.
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