A researcher introduces double-stranded rna into a culture of mammalian cells and can identify its location or that of its smaller subsections experimentally, using a fluorescent probe. some time later, she finds that the introduced strand separates into single-stranded rnas, one of which is degraded. what does this enable the remaining strand to do

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Tristan Caldwell

24 August, 14:41

A researcher introduces double-stranded rna into a culture of mammalian cells and can identify its location or that of its smaller subsections experimentally, using a fluorescent probe. some time later, she finds that the introduced strand separates into single-stranded rnas, one of which is degraded. what does this enable the remaining strand to do

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Alyssa · Answer 1

This process enables the final strand to actually bind itself to the complementary, or matching, pieces of the regional mRNA strands. RNA can be degraded in many different ways that follow many different forms. In this particular case, the degredation of the single-stranded RNA created the new ability for binding.