EOG8KPWRN GO:0070918 1/58 production of small RNA involved in gene silencing by RNA biological_process "The process in which a double-stranded RNA precursor is processed into short (20-30 nt) fragments. RNA cleavage is catalyzed by a Dicer endonuclease." [GOC:mah, PMID:19239886] EOG8KPWRN GO:0003725 1/58 double-stranded RNA binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with double-stranded RNA." [GOC:jl] EOG8KPWRN GO:0035087 1/58 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] EOG8KPWRN GO:0070920 1/58 regulation of production of small RNA involved in gene silencing by RNA biological_process "Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the production of small RNA involved in gene silencing by RNA." [GOC:mah] EOG8KPWRN GO:0030422 1/58 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] EOG8KPWRN GO:0005737 1/58 cytoplasm cellular_component "All of the contents of a cell excluding the plasma membrane and nucleus, but including other subcellular structures." [ISBN:0198547684] EOG8KPWRN GO:0051607 1/58 defense response to virus biological_process "Reactions triggered in response to the presence of a virus that act to protect the cell or organism." [GOC:ai] EOG8KPWRN GO:0030713 1/58 ovarian follicle cell stalk formation biological_process "Development of ovarian follicle cells to create the interfollicular stalks that connect the egg chambers of progressive developmental stages. An example of this process is found in Drosophila melanogaster." [GOC:mtg_sensu, PMID:10822261] EOG8KPWRN GO:0070868 1/58 heterochromatin organization involved in chromatin silencing biological_process "Any process that results in the specification, formation or maintenance of the physical structure of eukaryotic heterochromatin and contributes to chromatin silencing." [GOC:mah] EOG8KPWRN GO:0005634 1/58 nucleus cellular_component "A membrane-bounded organelle of eukaryotic cells in which chromosomes are housed and replicated. In most cells, the nucleus contains all of the cell's chromosomes except the organellar chromosomes, and is the site of RNA synthesis and processing. In some species, or in specialized cell types, RNA metabolism or DNA replication may be absent." [GOC:go_curators] EOG8KPWRN GO:0016442 1/58 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]