Table 1. A combination of the most important criteria for siRNA designing and scoring system .
Criteria | score |
GC content 30-52% | 1 |
Up to 5 A/U in position 15-19 of S strand | 1 per A/U |
Inverse repeat | 1 |
A in position 19 | 1 |
A in position 3 | 1 |
U in position 10 | 1 |
G/C in position 19 | 1 |
G in position 13 | -1 |
Relative stability of internal siRNA duplex | 1 |
Internal stability | 1 |