drosha

English

Noun

drosha (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) An RNA-specific endoribonuclease
   • 2015 July 8, Hamid Ali Khan et al., “Identification of miRNAs during mouse postnatal ovarian development and superovulation”, in Journal of Ovarian Research‎^[1], volume 8, →DOI:

     Most miRNAs arise from very long transcripts known as primary miRNA (pri-miRNA) by drosha and its cofactor DGCR8 (DiGeorge syndrome critical region gene 8) in nucleus converting it to ~70-100 bp precursor miRNA (pre-miRNA).

Anagrams

• Drahos, Hoards, Rhoads, hoards