Plasmids 101: Expressing shRNAs for RNA Interference
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...types, while shRNA and siRNA are synthetic constructs introduced through external methods.
shRNA processing...plasmids, shRNAs hijack the endogenous miRNA machinery for processing (Figure 1). The shRNA sequence is...BioRender.com.
Expressing shRNAs using plasmids
The design of shRNA plasmids requires three important... specificity.
Using your shRNA plasmids
One of the most common uses of shRNAs is to generate stable knockout...(2006). Design and cloning strategies for constructing shRNA expression vectors. BMC Biotechnology, 6(...experiment. For this blog, we’ll be focusing on shRNA, one of the most popular choices for gene silencing... such as:
Micro-RNA (miRNA)
Short hairpin RNA (shRNA)
Short interfering RNA (siRNA)
Piwi-interacting ...