microRNA

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004098",
  "term": "microRNA",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "miRNA",
    "pre-miRNA",
    "small temporal RNA",
    "stRNA"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "antisense RNA"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2013",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "microARN"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/microrna/"
}