Term Name: mRNA base-pairing post-transcriptional repressor activity
Synonyms: mRNA base-pairing posttranscriptional repressor activity, mRNA base-pairing translational repressor activity, mRNA binding involved in cosuppression, mRNA binding involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing, mRNA binding involved in posttranscriptional gene silencing, mRNA binding involved in PTGS, mRNA binding involved in quelling, mRNA binding translation repressor activity, translational inhibitor activity via mRNA base-pairing
Definition: A post-transcriptional repressor activity that acts by base-pairing with an mRNA to prevent gene expression. The binding can result in targeting the mRNA for degradation or interfering with mRNA translation resulting in post-transcriptional gene silencing.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:1903231]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: regulatory ncRNA-mediated post-transcriptional gene silencing
is a type of: sequence-specific mRNA binding