GO:0035196

production of miRNAs involved in gene silencing by miRNA

Details: 
Cleavage of stem-loop RNA precursors into microRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small RNAs that primarily silence genes by blocking the translation of mRNA transcripts into protein. [GOC:dph, GOC:tb, PMID:15066275, PMID:15066283]
Evidence Code: 
IDA