EOG8642RQ GO:0004525 29/109 ribonuclease III activity molecular_function "Catalysis of the endonucleolytic cleavage of RNA with 5'-phosphomonoesters and 3'-OH termini; makes two staggered cuts in both strands of dsRNA, leaving a 3' overhang of 2 nt." [PMID:11157775, PMID:15242644] EOG8642RQ GO:0003723 28/109 RNA binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with an RNA molecule or a portion thereof." [GOC:mah] EOG8642RQ GO:0006396 28/109 RNA processing biological_process "Any process involved in the conversion of one or more primary RNA transcripts into one or more mature RNA molecules." [GOC:mah] EOG8642RQ GO:0004386 26/109 helicase activity molecular_function "Catalysis of the reaction: NTP + H2O = NDP + phosphate, to drive the unwinding of a DNA or RNA helix." [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732] EOG8642RQ GO:0005524 26/109 ATP binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with ATP, adenosine 5'-triphosphate, a universally important coenzyme and enzyme regulator." [ISBN:0198506732] EOG8642RQ GO:0003676 3/109 nucleic acid binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any nucleic acid." [GOC:jl] EOG8642RQ GO:0016891 2/109 endoribonuclease activity, producing 5'-phosphomonoesters molecular_function "Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within ribonucleic acids by creating internal breaks to yield 5'-phosphomonoesters." [GOC:ai] EOG8642RQ GO:0070883 1/109 pre-miRNA binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a precursor microRNA (pre-miRNA) transcript, a stem-loop-containing precursor of microRNA." [PMID:18951094] EOG8642RQ GO:0003727 1/109 single-stranded RNA binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with single-stranded RNA." [GOC:jl] EOG8642RQ GO:0007367 1/109 segment polarity determination biological_process "Division of the 14 parasegments of the embryo into anterior and posterior compartments; exemplified by the actions of the segment polarity gene products." [http://fly.ebi.ac.uk/allied-data/lk/interactive-fly/aimain/1aahome.htm, ISBN:0632030488, ISBN:0879694238] EOG8642RQ GO:0016443 1/109 bidentate ribonuclease III activity molecular_function "Catalysis of the digestion of double-stranded RNAs into 20 to 30-nucleotide products. These products typically associate to the RNA-induced silencing complex and serve as guide RNAs for posttranslational RNA interference." [PMID:15242644] EOG8642RQ GO:0042078 1/109 germ-line stem cell division biological_process "The self-renewing division of a germline stem cell to produce a daughter stem cell and a daughter germ cell, which will divide to form the gametes." [GOC:jid, PMID:2279698] EOG8642RQ GO:0003725 1/109 double-stranded RNA binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with double-stranded RNA." [GOC:jl] EOG8642RQ GO:0045448 1/109 mitotic cell cycle, embryonic biological_process "The eukaryotic cell cycle in which a cell is duplicated without changing ploidy, occurring in the embryo." [GOC:go_curators] EOG8642RQ GO:0046872 1/109 metal ion binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any metal ion." [GOC:ai] EOG8642RQ GO:0031054 1/109 pre-miRNA processing biological_process "Any process involved in the conversion of a pre-microRNA transcript into a mature microRNA molecule." [GOC:sl, PMID:15211354] EOG8642RQ GO:0016246 1/109 RNA interference biological_process "The process in which double-stranded RNAs silence cognate genes. Involves posttranscriptional gene inactivation ('silencing') both of transgenes or dsRNA introduced into a germline, and of the host gene(s) homologous to the transgenes or dsRNA. This silencing is triggered by the introduction of transgenes or double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), and can occur through a specific decrease in the level of mRNA, or by negative regulation of translation, of both host genes and transgenes." [GOC:ems, PMID:11201747, PMID:11713190, PMID:18771919] EOG8642RQ GO:0030727 1/109 germarium-derived female germ-line cyst formation biological_process "Formation, in a germarium, of a group of interconnected cells derived from a single female gonial founder cell (a cystoblast). The germarium is the most anterior portion of an insect ovariole. An example of this process is found in Drosophila melanogaster." [GOC:mtg_sensu, PMID:10370240, PMID:9442902] EOG8642RQ GO:0033227 1/109 dsRNA transport biological_process "The directed movement of dsRNA, double-stranded ribonucleic acid, into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore." [GOC:mah] EOG8642RQ GO:0007294 1/109 germarium-derived oocyte fate determination biological_process "The cell fate determination process in which a germarium-derived cell becomes capable of differentiating autonomously into an oocyte cell regardless of its environment; upon determination, the cell fate cannot be reversed. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster." [GOC:mtg_sensu, ISBN:0879694238] EOG8642RQ GO:0005737 1/109 cytoplasm cellular_component "All of the contents of a cell excluding the plasma membrane and nucleus, but including other subcellular structures." [ISBN:0198547684] EOG8642RQ GO:0090501 1/109 RNA phosphodiester bond hydrolysis biological_process "The RNA metabolic process in which the phosphodiester bonds between ribonucleotides are cleaved by hydrolysis." [GOC:dph, GOC:tb] EOG8642RQ GO:0030422 1/109 production of siRNA involved in RNA interference biological_process "Cleavage of double-stranded RNA to form small interfering RNA molecules (siRNAs) of 21-23 nucleotides, in the context of RNA interference." [GOC:mah, PMID:11524674] EOG8642RQ GO:0035087 1/109 siRNA loading onto RISC involved in RNA interference biological_process "The transfer of small interfering RNA molecules (siRNAs) from the Dicer family of enzymes that cleave the double-stranded RNA, onto the nuclease-containing RNA-initiated silencing complex (RISC), in the context of RNA interference." [GOC:bf, GOC:mah, PMID:14512631] EOG8642RQ GO:0035196 1/109 production of miRNAs involved in gene silencing by miRNA biological_process "Cleavage of stem-loop RNA precursors into microRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small RNAs that primarily silence genes by blocking the translation of mRNA transcripts into protein." [GOC:dph, GOC:tb, PMID:15066275, PMID:15066283] EOG8642RQ GO:0090502 1/109 RNA phosphodiester bond hydrolysis, endonucleolytic biological_process "The chemical reactions and pathways involving the hydrolysis of internal 3',5'-phosphodiester bonds in one or two strands of ribonucleotides." [GOC:dph, GOC:tb] EOG8642RQ GO:0007279 1/109 pole cell formation biological_process "Formation of a small group of cells (pole cells) at the posterior pole of the insect blastula. They are the first cells to cellularize after the arrival of nuclei at the end of the syncytial blastula stage and are the precursors to the insect germ cells." [GOC:bf, PMID:9988212] EOG8642RQ GO:0016442 1/109 RISC complex cellular_component "A ribonucleoprotein complex that contains members of the Argonaute family of proteins, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) or microRNAs (miRNAs), and miRNA or siRNA-complementary mRNAs, in addition to a number of accessory factors. The RISC complex is involved in posttranscriptional repression of gene expression through downregulation of translation or induction of mRNA degradation." [PMID:10749213, PMID:15145345] EOG8642RQ GO:0005515 1/109 protein binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any protein or protein complex (a complex of two or more proteins that may include other nonprotein molecules)." [GOC:go_curators] EOG8642RQ GO:0048813 1/109 dendrite morphogenesis biological_process "The process in which the anatomical structures of a dendrite are generated and organized. A dendrite is a freely branching protoplasmic process of a nerve cell." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732]