hpRNA

Term ID

SO:0002356

Synonyms

• Hairpin RNA

Definition

An RNA comprising an extended inverted repeat, the stem of which is typically much longer than that of miRNA precursors and can be up to 400 base pairs in length. hpRNAs are processed by Dicer-2 to generate endogenous short interfering RNAs (siRNAs). (3)

References

Ontology

Sequence Ontology