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- Title
On the art of identifying effective and specific siRNAs.
- Authors
Pei, Yi; Tuschl, Thomas
- Abstract
Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) have been widely exploited for sequence-specific gene knockdown, predominantly to investigate gene function in cultured vertebrate cells, and also hold promise as therapeutic agents. Because not all siRNAs that are cognate to a given target mRNA are equally effective, computational tools have been developed based on experimental data to increase the likelihood of selecting effective siRNAs. Furthermore, because target-complementary siRNAs can also target other mRNAs containing sequence segments that are partially complementary to the siRNA, most computational tools include ways to reduce potential off-target effects in the siRNA selection process. Though these methods facilitate selection of functional siRNAs, they do not yet alleviate the need for experimental validation. This perspective provides a practical guide based on current wisdom for selecting siRNAs.
- Publication
Nature methods, 2006, Vol 3, Issue 9, p670
- ISSN
1548-7091
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nmeth911