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Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > RNA Cleavage
Genetic Phenomena > RNA Cleavage

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RNA Cleavage  

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Definition

  • 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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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KD0MXBQ4-R

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http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059367
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