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[[Image:500px-ShRNA Lentivirus.png|350px|left|thumb| Schematic of RNAi Interference in Mammalian Cells]]

[[RNA Interference]] (RNAi) is a system in living cells that helps control the level of activity of genes. In RNAi, a long double stranded [[RNA]] is cleaved into shorter strands. One strand known as the guide strand is complimentary to the mRNA gene product of a gene of interest. This guide strand is incorporated into an RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) and subsequently binds the mRNA of the gene of interest. After binding, the RNA/RISC complex subsequently silences the mRNA of interest via cleavage of the mRNA strand.

{{Structure

|PDB= 3dlh |SIZE=300|SCENE=RNA_Interference/3dlh/2|CAPTION= guide-strand-containing Argonaute protein silencing complex ([[3dlh]]), resolution 3.00Å (<scene name='RNA_Interference/3dlh/2'>initial scene</scene>)

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|RESOURCES=<span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3dlh FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3dlh OCA], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3dlh PDBsum], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3dlh RCSB]</span>

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[[RNA Interference]] (RNAi) is a system in living cells that helps control the level of activity of genes. In RNAi, a long double stranded [[RNA]] is cleaved into shorter strands. One strand known as the guide strand is complimentary to the mRNA gene product of a gene of interest. This guide strand is incorporated into an RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) and subsequently binds the mRNA of the gene of interest. After binding, the RNA/RISC complex subsequently silences the mRNA of interest via cleavage of the mRNA strand.

{{Structure

|PDB= 1rpu |SIZE=300|ALIGN='left'|SCENE=User:Wayne_Decatur/Plant_Viral_Protein_p19_Suppression_of_RNA_Silencing/View1/2|CAPTION= viral silencing suppressor bound to a siRNA ([[1rpu]]), resolution 2.50Å (<scene name='User:Wayne_Decatur/Plant_Viral_Protein_p19_Suppression_of_RNA_Silencing/View1/2'>initial scene</scene>)

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 [[Image:500px-ShRNA Lentivirus.png|350px|left|thumb| Schematic of RNAi Interference in Mammalian Cells]]
-[[RNA Interference]] (RNAi) is a system in living cells that helps control the level of activity of genes. In RNAi, a long double stranded [[RNA]] is cleaved into shorter strands. One strand known as the guide strand is complimentary to the mRNA gene product of a gene of interest. This guide strand is incorporated into an RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) and subsequently binds the mRNA of the gene of interest. After binding, the RNA/RISC complex subsequently silences the mRNA of interest via cleavage of the mRNA strand.
 {{Structure
 |PDB= 3dlh |SIZE=300|SCENE=RNA_Interference/3dlh/2|CAPTION=  guide-strand-containing Argonaute protein silencing complex ([[3dlh]]), resolution 3.00&Aring; (<scene name='RNA_Interference/3dlh/2'>initial scene</scene>)
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 |RESOURCES=<span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3dlh FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3dlh OCA], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3dlh PDBsum], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3dlh RCSB]</span>
 }}
+[[RNA Interference]] (RNAi) is a system in living cells that helps control the level of activity of genes. In RNAi, a long double stranded [[RNA]] is cleaved into shorter strands. One strand known as the guide strand is complimentary to the mRNA gene product of a gene of interest. This guide strand is incorporated into an RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) and subsequently binds the mRNA of the gene of interest. After binding, the RNA/RISC complex subsequently silences the mRNA of interest via cleavage of the mRNA strand.
 {{Structure
 |PDB= 1rpu |SIZE=300|ALIGN='left'|SCENE=User:Wayne_Decatur/Plant_Viral_Protein_p19_Suppression_of_RNA_Silencing/View1/2|CAPTION= viral silencing suppressor bound to a siRNA ([[1rpu]]), resolution 2.50&Aring; (<scene name='User:Wayne_Decatur/Plant_Viral_Protein_p19_Suppression_of_RNA_Silencing/View1/2'>initial scene</scene>)