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Name: RNA, Small Interfering
Description: Small double-stranded, non-protein coding RNAs (21-31 nucleotides) involved in GENE SILENCING functions, especially RNA INTERFERENCE (RNAi). Endogenously, siRNAs are generated from dsRNAs (RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED) by the same ribonuclease, Dicer, that generates miRNAs (MICRORNAS). The perfect match of the siRNAs' antisense strand to their target RNAs mediates RNAi by siRNA-guided RNA cleavage. siRNAs fall into different classes including trans-acting siRNA (tasiRNA), repeat-associated RNA (rasiRNA), small-scan RNA (scnRNA), and Piwi protein-interacting RNA (piRNA) and have different specific gene silencing functions.
Synonyms:
Interfering RNA, Small; Repeat Associated siRNA; siRNA, Repeat Associated; Small Interfering RNA; Short Interfering RNA; Interfering RNA, Short; siRNA; RNA, Short Interfering; siRNA, Repeat-Associated; Repeat-Associated siRNA