Mirna

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A microRNA.

    "There are ~80 genes in the C elegans genome coding for miRNAs that are twenty-one to twenty-four nucleotides long."

  2. 2
    microRNA

Example

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"There are ~80 genes in the C elegans genome coding for miRNAs that are twenty-one to twenty-four nucleotides long."

Etymology

From microRNA. The seminal article on microRNAs did not introduce the abbreviation miRNA nor the term microRNA, but rather referred to the entities as small RNAs.

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