dsRNA fragmentation

id: GO:0031050
name: dsRNA fragmentation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Cleavage of double-stranded RNA molecules by an RNaseIII-family enzyme to produce small RNAs (generally 20-30 nucleotides, depending on species) with biological function.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0031051scnRNA production
GO:0070918production of small RNA involved in gene silencing by RNA

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006396RNA processing
GO:0071359cellular response to dsRNA