Dicer is required for haploid male germ cell differentiation in mice.

BACKGROUND: The RNase III endonuclease Dicer is an important regulator of gene expression that processes microRNAs (miRNAs) and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). The best-characterized function of miRNAs is gene repression at the post-transcriptional level through the pairing with mRNAs of protein-en...

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Main Authors: Hanna M Korhonen, Oliver Meikar, Ram Prakash Yadav, Marilena D Papaioannou, Yannick Romero, Matteo Da Ros, Pedro L Herrera, Jorma Toppari, Serge Nef, Noora Kotaja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3174967?pdf=render