mirna
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of mirna
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A microRNA.
“There are ~80 genes in the C elegans genome coding for miRNAs that are twenty-one to twenty-four nucleotides long.”
“MicroRNAs (miRNAs) finely regulate gene expression and play an important role in various cellular processes, including cell growth, differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis.”
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noun
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A microRNA.
“There are ~80 genes in the C elegans genome coding for miRNAs that are twenty-one to twenty-four nucleotides long.”
“MicroRNAs (miRNAs) finely regulate gene expression and play an important role in various cellular processes, including cell growth, differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis.”
- microRNA
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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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