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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.
See Also
Nonsense Mediated mRNA Decay
;
RNA Splicing
;
RNA Stability
Other names
RNA Cleavages; Cleavages, RNA; Cleavage, RNA