sRNA-mediated post-transcriptional gene silencing

Term ID

GO:0040033

Synonyms

• downregulation of mRNA translation, ncRNA-mediated
• inhibition of mRNA translation, ncRNA-mediated
• RNA-mediated gene silencing by inhibition of translation
• small RNA-mediated gene silencing
• sRNA-mediated gene silencing

Definition

A post-transcriptional gene silencing pathway mediated by the action of small regulatory non-coding RNAs (sRNAs). sRNAs are 20-500 nucleotides in length and found in bacteria. (3)

References

Ontology

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