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Which RNA can induce gene silencing?


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Gene silencing:

  1. It is an epigenetic modification of gene expression that leads to interruption of the gene expression.
  2. Acts as a negative feedback mechanism that regulates gene expression.
  3. Gene silencing can occur during either transcription or translation.

RNAs induce gene silencing:

  1. miRNA and piRNA cause gene silencing.
  2. miRNA or other name microRNAs are occurring RNAs that straightly the repression of genes.
  3. It mostly occurs in plants and worms.
  4. These gene techniques use double-stranded RNA molecules.

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