Category:GO:0140965 ! secondary piRNA processing

name: secondary piRNA processing
namespace: biological_process
def: "A process leading to the generation of a functional secondary piRNA, involving a self-perpetuating piRNA loop, often called the ping-pong cycle, in which piRNAs are amplified by pairing with complementary transcripts (for example the transposable element mRNA target). In Drosophila, the processing involves the piwi proteins aubergine and Argonaute 3 and in mice, the piwi proteins Piwil2 and Piwil4." [PMID:29281264, PMID:32895365]
synonym: "ping-pong amplification" RELATED []
synonym: "ping-pong derived piRNA" EXACT []
synonym: "secondary piRNA biogenesis" EXACT []
synonym: "secondary PIWI-associated RNA processing" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0034587 ! piRNA processing

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0140965</GOterm>
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