Plasmids 101: Expressing shRNAs for RNA Interference
Type
Blog Post
Published
June 17, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
... genes with potentially harmful mutations in therapeutic settings. Silencing of a target gene is achieved...RNA (shRNA)
Short interfering RNA (siRNA)
Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA)
miRNA and piRNA can be found endogenously...experiments.
shRNA plasmids typically use RNA polymerase III promoters, which transcribe small RNAs. The..., shRNA plasmids are being designed using RNA polymerase II promoters. The design of these plasmids is...plasmids
One of the most common uses of shRNAs is to generate stable knockout or knockdown cell lines. In fact...collections/mammalianrnai/","type":"EXTERNAL"},"user_generated_content":false}{% endraw %}{% end_module_attribute...(2004). MicroRNA genes are transcribed by RNA polymerase II. The EMBO Journal, 23(20), 4051–4060. https...