RNAi-mediated antiviral immune response RNAi-mediated antiviral immunity against RNA virus https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/19958 RNA virus induced gene silencing GO:0051214 RNA virus-induced gene silencing biological_process An RNAi-mediated post-transcriptional gene silencing pathway induced by RNA viruses leading to a sequence-specific degradation of target mRNAs or inhibition of translation. In plants, DCL4 is the primary Dicer to detect RNA viruses. RNA virus-induced PTGS RNA VIGS