realizes has specified input achieves_planned_objective characteristic of function ribonucleic acid molecular feature identification objective analyte role RNAi profiling by array assay RNAi profiling by array assay James Malone An assay in which double stranded RNA is synthesized with a sequence complementary to a gene(s) of interest and introduced into a cell or organism, where it is recognized as exogenous genetic material and activates the RNAi pathway resulting in knockdown of the transcripts and providing a means to study downstream changes in gene expression. EFO:0001030 microarray assay DNA microarray metadata complete