| Descriptor English: | RNA Cleavage | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                División del ARN                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Clivagem do RNA | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Clivage de l'ARN | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Cleavage, RNA Cleavages, RNA RNA Cleavages  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        G02.111.740 G05.755  | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059367 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A reaction that severs one of the sugar-phosphate linkages of the phosphodiester backbone of RNA. It is catalyzed enzymatically, chemically, or by radiation. Cleavage may be exonucleolytic, or endonucleolytic. | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        DE                                                            drug effects GE genetics IM immunology PH physiology RE radiation effects  | 
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| Previous Indexing: | 
                                                RNA or specifics/metabolism (1981-2011) | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 2012 | 
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| History Note: | 2012 | 
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| Related: | 
                                                                                                                        Nonsense Mediated mRNA Decay
                                            MeSH                                             RNA Splicing MeSH RNA Stability MeSH  | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 54776 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D059367 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 2012/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 2011/06/24 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2016/06/17 | 
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| Scope note | A reaction that severs one of the sugar-phosphate linkages of the phosphodiester backbone of RNA. It is catalyzed enzymatically, chemically, or by radiation. Cleavage may be exonucleolytic, or endonucleolytic. | 
| Preferred term | RNA Cleavage | 
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                                                                                            Cleavage, RNA                                                 Cleavages, RNA RNA Cleavages  | 
                                
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