miRNA processing

Term ID

GO:0035196

Synonyms

• gene silencing by miRNA, production of miRNAs
• microRNA biogenesis
• microRNA biosynthesis
• microRNA biosynthetic process
• microRNA metabolic process
• microRNA metabolism
• microRNA processing
• microRNA-mediated gene silencing, production of microRNAs
• miRNA biogenesis
• miRNA maturation
• miRNA-mediated gene silencing, production of miRNAs
• production of microRNAs involved in gene silencing by microRNA
• production of miRNAs involved in gene silencing by miRNA

Definition

A process leading to the generation of a functional miRNA. Includes the cleavage of stem-loop RNA precursors into microRNAs (miRNAs). miRNAs are a class of small RNAs that primarily silence genes by blocking the translation of mRNA transcripts into protein, or by increasing the degradation of non-protein-coding RNA transcripts. (4)

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO