Both strands of the short, double-stranded regulatory RNA molecules are required by the Slicer protein in order to target the complementary RNA for degradation
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
FALSE
Explanation: The Slicer protein unwinds the short, double-stranded regulatory RNA, discards one of the strands, and uses the other strand to recognize the complementary RNA to be degraded.
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