Plant dicer-like proteins: double-stranded RNA-cleaving enzymes for small RNA biogenesis

piRNA biogenesis in the germline: From transcription of piRNA genomic sources to piRNA maturation

(2016) Shigeki Hirakata et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Arabidopsis RNASE THREE LIKE2 Modulates the Expression of Protein-Coding Genes via 24-Nucleotide Small Interfering RNA-Directed DNA Methylation

(2016) Emilie Elvira-Matelot et al.   PLANT CELL

A One Precursor One siRNA Model for Pol IV-Dependent siRNA Biogenesis

(2015) Jixian Zhai et al.   CELL

The expanding world of small RNAs in plants

(2015) Filipe Borges et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Identification of Pol IV and RDR2-dependent precursors of 24 nt siRNAs guiding de novo DNA methylation in Arabidopsis

(2015) Todd Blevins et al.   eLife

Biochemical Requirements for Two Dicer-Like Activities from Wheat Germ

(2015) Padubidri V. Shivaprasad et al.   PLoS One

A universal small molecule, inorganic phosphate, restricts the substrate specificity of Dicer-2 in small RNA biogenesis

(2014) Ryuya Fukunaga et al.   CELL CYCLE

Inorganic phosphate blocks binding of pre-miRNA to Dicer-2 via its PAZ domain

(2014) R. Fukunaga et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Respective contributions of Arabidopsis DCL2 and DCL4 to RNA silencing

(2014) Jean-Sébastien Parent et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Arabidopsis Double-Stranded RNA Binding Protein DRB3 Participates in Methylation-Mediated Defense against Geminiviruses

(2013) P. Raja et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Bidirectional processing of pri-miRNAs with branched terminal loops by Arabidopsis Dicer-like1

(2013) Hongliang Zhu et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Dissecting the interactions of SERRATE with RNA and DICER-LIKE 1 in Arabidopsis microRNA precursor processing

(2013) Y. Iwata et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Differential roles of human Dicer-binding proteins TRBP and PACT in small RNA processing

(2013) Ho Young Lee et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Distinct substrate specificities of Arabidopsis DCL3 and DCL4

(2013) Hideaki Nagano et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Phased, Secondary, Small Interfering RNAs in Posttranscriptional Regulatory Networks

(2013) Q. Fei et al.   PLANT CELL

Phosphorus starvation induces post-transcriptional CHS gene silencing in Petunia corolla

(2013) Munetaka Hosokawa et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

The double-stranded RNA binding domain of human Dicer functions as a nuclear localization signal

(2013) M. Doyle et al.   RNA

Evolution of Animal and Plant Dicers: Early Parallel Duplications and Recurrent Adaptation of Antiviral RNA Binding in Plants

(2012) Krishanu Mukherjee et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Helicase and RNaseIIIa Domains of Arabidopsis Dicer-Like1 Modulate Catalytic Parameters during MicroRNA Biogenesis

(2012) C. Liu et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Role of Human Dicer-dsRBD in Processing Small Regulatory RNAs

(2012) Christopher Wostenberg et al.   PLoS One

Phosphate and R2D2 Restrict the Substrate Specificity of Dicer-2, an ATP-Driven Ribonuclease

(2011) Elif Sarinay Cenik et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Dicer recognizes the 5′ end of RNA for efficient and accurate processing

(2011) Jong-Eun Park et al.   NATURE

Roles of DCL4 and DCL3b in rice phased small RNA biogenesis

(2011) Xianwei Song et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Specific requirement of DRB4, a dsRNA-binding protein, for the in vitro dsRNA-cleaving activity of Arabidopsis Dicer-like 4

(2011) A. Fukudome et al.   RNA

An Arabidopsis RNase III-like protein, AtRTL2, cleaves double-stranded RNA in vitro

(2010) Eri Kiyota et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

Molecular mechanisms that funnel RNA precursors into endogenous small-interfering RNA and microRNA biogenesis pathways in Drosophila

(2010) K. Miyoshi et al.   RNA

Structure of the Arabidopsis thaliana DCL4 DUF283 domain reveals a noncanonical double-stranded RNA-binding fold for protein-protein interaction

(2010) H. Qin et al.   RNA

Dicer's helicase domain is required for accumulation of some, but not all, C. elegans endogenous siRNAs

(2010) N. C. Welker et al.   RNA

Identification of MicroRNA Processing Determinants by Random Mutagenesis of Arabidopsis MIR172a Precursor

(2009) Julieta L. Mateos et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

RNA Secondary Structural Determinants of miRNA Precursor Processing in Arabidopsis

(2009) Liang Song et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Structure Determinants for Accurate Processing of miR172a in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2009) Schallum Werner et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A dominant mutation in DCL1 suppresses the hyl1 mutant phenotype by promoting the processing of miRNA

(2009) Y. Tagami et al.   RNA

Processing of Drosophila endo-siRNAs depends on a specific Loquacious isoform

(2009) R. Zhou et al.   RNA

Sliced microRNA targets and precise loop-first processing of MIR319 hairpins revealed by analysis of the Physcomitrella patens degradome

(2009) C. Addo-Quaye et al.   RNA

Genome-wide identification, organization and phylogenetic analysis of Dicer-like, Argonaute and RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase gene families and their expression analysis during reproductive development and stress in rice

(2008) Meenu Kapoor et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Autoinhibition of Human Dicer by Its Internal Helicase Domain

(2008) Enbo Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

dsRNA Binding Properties of RDE-4 and TRBP Reflect Their Distinct Roles in RNAi

(2008) Greg S. Parker et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

DICER-LIKE2 Plays a Primary Role in Transitive Silencing of Transgenes in Arabidopsis

(2008) Sizolwenkosi Mlotshwa et al.   PLoS One

Arabidopsis DRB4, AGO1, AGO7, and RDR6 participate in a DCL4-initiated antiviral RNA silencing pathway negatively regulated by DCL1

(2008) F. Qu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The RNA-binding proteins HYL1 and SE promote accurate in vitro processing of pri-miRNA by DCL1

(2008) Z. Dong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA