... and anti-sense strand (5¢-ATGAGTTTTCCAGAGCAACTT-3¢), and siRNA was synthesized using DNA templates (sense strand,5¢-AAATGAGTTTTCCAGAGCAACCCTGTCTC-3¢; anti-sense strand, 5¢-AAGTTGCTCTGGAAAACTCATCCTGTCTC-3¢) ... pEGFP-N3-323 and anti-gp41 siDNA at the concen-trations indicated, and harvested after 24 h for total RNA isolation. (B) RT-PCR amplification products of total RNA from HeLa cells transfect-ed as indicated. ... that the antiviral effect of the examinedODNs was due to the action of viral RNase H.In summary, our data suggest that the DNAi path-way may have converging steps with RNAi, or exploitthe...