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DROSHA
Official Full Name
drosha, ribonuclease type III
Background
Members of the ribonuclease III superfamily of double-stranded (ds) RNA-specific endoribonucleases participate in;diverse RNA maturation and decay pathways in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells (Fortin et al., 2002 (PubMed 12191433)).;The RNase III Drosha is the core nuclease that executes the initiation step of microRNA (miRNA) processing in the;nucleus (Lee et al., 2003 (PubMed 14508493)).
Synonyms
RN3; ETOHI2; RNASEN; RANSE3L; RNASE3L; HSA242976