siRNA-plants

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sophia taylor

Cards (4)

    1. Once mRNA has been made from transcription it leaves the nucleus and enters the cytoplasm
  • 2. in the cytoplasm siRNA associated with several proteins and binds.
    A single strand binds to the target mRNA.
    The base sequence of siRNA is complimentary to the target mRNA bases
  • 3. proteins associated with siRNA cut into RNA fragments so it cannot be translated
  • 4. The fragments of RNA move into a processing body to degrade