siRNA-mediated long-distance post-transcriptional gene silencing

Term ID

GO:0010495

Synonyms

• long-distance posttranscriptional gene silencing
• long-distance propagation of posttranscriptional gene silencing
• siRNA-mediated long-distance posttranscriptional gene silencing

Definition

An siRNA-mediated posttranscriptional gene silencing pathway in which small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) direct the cleavage of target mRNAs, and in which the silencing signal originates in one tissue and occurs in a different tissue. (2)

References

Ontology

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