There are two components of inductive interaction:

Inducer

Responder

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When the 5′ end of the siRNA of a RISC complex base-pairs precisely with a target mRNA over a distance of one turn of an RNA helix (10–12 base pairs), this domain of AGO2 cleaves the phosphodiester bond of the target RNA across from nucleotides 10 and 11 of the siRNA

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The precursor RNA for the siRNA pathway is a longer dsRNA. As a consequence of this different initial substrate, Drosha is not needed for the generation of siRNAs. Cleavage by Dicer is still required, however, and again generates a suitable 21- to 22-nucleotide RNA for incorporation into RISC.

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In plants, even miRNAs are generated by Dicer alone; it is not clear how they manage to forgo prior action of Drosha.

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RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP), an additional enzyme required in many cases of RNAi including centromeric silencing in fission yeast.

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