Molecular Biology , Nucleic Acids & Molecular Medicine
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RNA Interference

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RNA molecules inhibit gene expression, typically by causing the destruction of specific mRNA molecules. Two types of small ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules – microRNA (miRNA) and small interfering RNA (siRNA) – are central to RNA interference. RNAs are the direct products of genes, and these small RNAs can bind to other specific messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules and either increase or decrease their activity, for example by preventing an mRNA from producing a protein. RNA interference has an important role in defending cells against parasitic nucleotide sequencing – viruses and transposons.