小髮夾RNA(Short hairpin RNA,shRNA)是一種形成急轉彎(hairpin turn)結構的RNA序列,可以經由RNA干擾(RNAi)使基因表現沉默化。shRNA可利用載體導入細胞當中,並藉由U6啟動子來確保shRNA的表現。另外,shRNA可經由切割轉變成為siRNA
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