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miRNA processing +   
A process leading to the generation of a functional miRNA. Includes the cleavage of stem-loop RNA precursors into microRNAs (miRNAs). miRNAs are a class of small RNAs that primarily silence genes by blocking the translation of mRNA transcripts into protein, or by increasing the degradation of non-protein-coding RNA transcripts.
piRNA processing +   
regulation of regulatory ncRNA processing +   
regulatory ncRNA 3'-end processing +   
siRNA processing +   
tRNA-derived regulatory ncRNA processing 

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: gene silencing by miRNA, production of miRNAs ;   miRNA biosynthetic process ;   miRNA maturation ;   miRNA-mediated gene silencing, production of miRNAs ;   microRNA-mediated gene silencing, production of microRNAs ;   production of miRNAs involved in gene silencing by miRNA ;   production of microRNAs involved in gene silencing by microRNA
Broad Synonyms: microRNA processing
Related Synonyms: miRNA biogenesis ;   microRNA biogenesis ;   microRNA biosynthesis ;   microRNA biosynthetic process ;   microRNA metabolic process ;   microRNA metabolism
Alternate IDs: GO:0030918
Never In Taxon: NCBITaxon:4896 ! Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Definition Sources: GOC:aruk, GOC:bc, GOC:dph, GOC:rl, GOC:tb, PMID:15066275, PMID:15066283, PMID:23985560, PMID:28379604

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