Human dicer bound to microRNA precursor, illustration

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Illustration of a human dicer enzyme (right) bound to a double-stranded RNA (ribonucleic acid, grey) precursor of microRNA (pre-miRNA). Dicer processes the double-stranded RNA to produce short single-stranded RNA molecules that act to inhibit the expression of specific genes by regulating the expression of messenger RNA (mRNA).

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