Talk:Small interfering RNA

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shRNA are different from siRNA - sh stands for Short Hairpin, not just plain Short.

shRNA are synthesized as a single-stranded palindromial RNA fragments, short enough to constitute as an artificial siRNA.

There was a confusion between de two concepts. I've changed some sh by si. Llull 16:44, 25 March 2006 (UTC)