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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 4.
Published in final edited form as: Front Biosci (Landmark Ed). 2012 Jun 1;17:2508–2540. doi: 10.2741/4068

Figure 8. Dicer-dependent cleavage of pre-miRNA (59).

Figure 8

The Dicer PAZ domain recognizes the single-stranded 2 nucleotide-long 3′ overhang of the pre-miRNA. The dsRNA binding domain (dsRBD) allows the positioning of the RNase III domains and the cleavage of the pre-miRNA.