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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2008 Jul 22;1779(11):668–677. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2008.07.005

FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 3

In general, perfectly matching siRNAs direct RISC-mediated mRNA degradation, whereas bulged siRNAs and miRNAs direct RISC-mediated translational suppression. Some miRNAs promote mRNA degradation which maybe directed by RNA-binding proteins.