Question

Transient gene silencing can be carried out by microinjecting ______

(a) single stranded RNA

(b) double stranded DNA

(c) double stranded RNA

(d) either double stranded DNA or RNA

This question was posed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

I need to ask this question from Drosophila in section Using Other Organisms of Genetic Engineering

Answer 1

The correct choice is (c) double stranded RNA

Best explanation: Transient gene silencing is carried out by microinjecting double stranded RNA. Long term gene silencing can be carried out by synthesizing an inverted copy of the target gene.