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. 2020 Nov 7;12(11):1271. doi: 10.3390/v12111271

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Mammalian antiviral RNAi. Dicer cleaves dsRNAs to generate duplex 22mer siRNAs with a 2-nt 3′ overhang, 22mer siRNAs are loaded to Argonaute AGO2 to form RISCs, and RISCs cleave target RNAs. VSR and IFN signaling suppress Dicer activity; VSR also suppresses RISC activity.