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Preferred Name

RNA Interference
Synonyms

RNA Silencing

RNA Interference

Sequence-Specific Posttranscriptional Gene Silencing

Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing

Quelling

RNAi

Definitions

Sequence-specific posttranscriptional gene silencing. It is mediated by 21- and 22-nucleotide small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) generated by ribonuclease III cleavage from longer dsRNAs.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C20153

code

C20153

DEFINITION

Sequence-specific posttranscriptional gene silencing. It is mediated by 21- and 22-nucleotide small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) generated by ribonuclease III cleavage from longer dsRNAs.

FULL_SYN

RNA Silencing

RNA Interference

Sequence-Specific Posttranscriptional Gene Silencing

Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing

Quelling

RNAi

label

RNA Interference

Legacy Concept Name

RNA_Interference

Preferred_Name

RNA Interference

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C20153

Semantic_Type

Genetic Function

UMLS_CUI

C1136031

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C18952

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