Research Article

Branched RNA: A New Architecture for RNA Interference

Figure 1

Duplex RNA architectures for RNA interference. (a) Described previously in the introduction: (i) canonical siRNA antiparallel duplex; (ii) small internally segmented interfering RNA (sisiRNA); (iii) small hairpin RNA (shRNA); (iv) dumbbell siRNA. (b) Branched siRNA described in this study: (v) four-stranded RNA; (vi) two-stranded RNA.
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