Small double-stranded, non-protein coding RNAs, 21-25 nucleotides in length generated from single-stranded microRNA gene transcripts by the same RIBONUCLEASE III, Dicer, that produces small interfering RNAs (RNA, SMALL INTERFERING). They become part of the RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX and repress the translation (TRANSLATION, GENETIC) of target RNA by binding to homologous 3'UTR region as an imperfect match. The small temporal RNAs (stRNAs), let-7 and lin-4, from C. elegans, are the first 2 miRNAs discovered, and are from a class of miRNAs involved in developmental timing.

Descriptor ID	D035683
MeSH Number(s)	D13.150.650.319 D13.444.735.150.319 D13.444.735.790.552.500
Concept/Terms	MicroRNAs MicroRNAs MicroRNA miRNAs Micro RNA RNA, Micro miRNA Primary MicroRNA Primary MicroRNA MicroRNA, Primary Primary miRNA miRNA, Primary pri-miRNA pri miRNA RNA, Small Temporal RNA, Small Temporal Temporal RNA, Small stRNA Small Temporal RNA pre-miRNA pre-miRNA pre miRNA

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