Gene Symbol | DICER1 |
Entrez Gene ID | 23405 |
Full Name | dicer 1, ribonuclease III |
Synonyms | DCR1,Dicer,Dicer1e,HERNA,K12H4.8-LIKE,MNG1,RMSE2 |
General protein information |
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Gene Type | protein-coding |
Organism | Homo sapiens(human) |
Genome | |
Summary | This gene encodes a protein possessing an RNA helicase motif containing a DEXH box in its amino terminus and an RNA motif in the carboxy terminus. The encoded protein functions as a ribonuclease and is required by the RNA interference and small temporal RNA (stRNA) pathways to produce the active small RNA component that represses gene expression. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2010]. |
Disorder MIM: | |
Disorder Html: | Pleuropulmonary blastoma, 601200 (3); Goiter, multinodular 1, with or without Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors, 138800 (3); Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal, 2, 180295 (3) |