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Concept information

Preferred term

microRNA

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information Small double-stranded, non-protein coding RNAs, 21-25 nucleotides in length generated from single-stranded microRNA gene transcripts by the same ribonuclease III, Dicer, that produces small interfering RNAs.

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • miRNA
  • pre-miRNA
  • small temporal RNA
  • stRNA

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/198223

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