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Secondary structure RNA elements control the cleavage activity of DICER.
Nature communications - 19 Apr 2022
Nguyen Trung Duc, Trinh Tam Anh, Bao Sheng, Nguyen Tuan Anh
Abstract excerpt
The accurate and efficient cleavage of shRNAs and pre-miRNAs by DICER is crucial for their gene-silencing activity. Here, we conduct high-throughput DICER cleavage assays for more than ~20,000 different shRNAs and show the comprehensive cleavage activities of DICER on these sequences. We discover a single-nucleotide bulge (22-bulge), which facilitates the cleavage activity of DICER on shRNAs and human pre-miRNAs....
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