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Dicer inactivation leads to progressive functional and structural degeneration of the mouse retina.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 7 May 2008
Damiani Devid, Alexander John J, O'Rourke Jason R, McManus Mike, Jadhav Ashutosh P, Cepko Constance L, Hauswirth William W, Harfe Brian D, Strettoi Enrica
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, highly conserved molecules that have been shown to regulate the expression of genes by binding to specific target mRNAs. Dicer, an RNase III endonuclease, is essential for the production and function of mature miRNAs, and removal of Dicer has been shown to disrupt ma...
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