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DCL2

DCL2 (an abbreviation of Dicer-like 2) is a gene in plants that codes for the DCL2 protein, a ribonuclease III enzyme involved in processing exogenous double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) into 22 nucleotide small interference RNAs (siRNAs).

Function, Transitive and systemic RNA silencing & Overview

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Transitive and systemic RNA silencing

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AT3G03300
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InterPro
Organism
Arabidopsis thaliana
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OMA: entry
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Search forStructuresSwiss-modelDomainsInterPro
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Swiss-model

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Function

Transitive and systemic RNA silencing

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DCL2

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Edges29
Triples36
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.066667
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DCL2

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related to Function · 27
DCL2 → ATP, C-terminus, DCL, DCL1, DCL2's, DCL3, DCL4, DEXD-helicase, Dicer, Dicer-like, DUF283, In, In Arabidopsis, N-terminus, PAZ, Piwi/Argonaute/Zwille, Plants, RDR6, RNA, RNA-binding
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DCL2 → AT3G03300
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DCL2 → InterPro
Organism · 1
DCL2 → Arabidopsis thaliana
Orthologs · 1
DCL2 → OMA: entry
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DCL2 → Search forStructuresSwiss-modelDomainsInterPro
Structures · 1
DCL2 → Swiss-model
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DCL2 → DCL2
UniProt · 1
DCL2 → Q3EBC8

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rna sirnas exogenous dsrna double-stranded dsrnas proteins called small derived silencing protein domain secondary sirna dicer-like iii process rnas sources

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DCL2Alt. symbolsAT3G033001.00infobox
DCL2DomainsInterPro1.00infobox
DCL2OrganismArabidopsis thaliana1.00infobox
DCL2OrthologsOMA: entry1.00infobox
DCL2Search forSearch forStructuresSwiss-modelDomainsInterPro1.00infobox
DCL2StructuresSwiss-model1.00infobox
DCL2SymbolDCL21.00infobox
DCL2UniProtQ3EBC81.00infobox
transposonsinstance ofgenomic regions silenced by the presence of DNA repetitive elements0.80text
DCL2related to FunctionDicer0.60section
DCL2related to FunctionRNaseIII-like0.60section
DCL2related to FunctionIn Arabidopsis0.60section

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