DUF283 domain of Dicer proteins has a double-stranded RNA-binding fold
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DUF283 domain of Dicer proteins has a double-stranded RNA-binding fold
Two RNases, Dicer and Argonaute, are at the heart of the RNA interference (RNAi) molecular machinery responsible for gene silencing. Both RNases contain multiple domains, most of which have been characterized or have functions that can be predicted based on sequence comparisons. However, Dicers of higher eukaryotes contain the domain known as DUF283 which at present has no assigned role. Using ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bioinformatics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1460-2059,1367-4803
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btl468