【涵涵(邀請碼107252)】評論
1.在Campbell Biology 12th edition第380頁及Becker's World of the Cell9th edition第630頁皆提到「The blocking of gene expression by siRNA,referred to as RNA interference, is used in the laboratory as a means ofdisabling specific genes to investigate their function」。因此,本題目主要聚焦在siRNA作用機制上。2.在Becker's World of the Cell 9th edition第630頁提到siRNA的作用機制,可以促進mRNA的降解、抑制轉譯作用及抑制轉錄作用。但在抑制轉錄作用的描述為「in some cases, the siRISC may enter thenucleus....」,可知此作用只在某些案例情況發生,所以抑制轉錄作用並非siRNA主要已知機制。3.另外,在Biology 5th edition第270頁的表13.1在描述siRNA的作用機制,也只提及可以促進mRNA的降解及抑制轉譯作用;在CampbellBiology 9th global edition之GLOSSARY附錄,也只說明「RNAinterference (RNAi): a biotechnology technique used to silence theexpression of specific genes. Synthetic RNA molecules with sequencesthat correspond to particular genes trigger the breakdown of the gene’smRNA」。4.基於以上說明可知,促進mRNA降解為RNA interference主要機制,故本題答案為(D)。