Ribonuclease Dicer Cleaves Triplet Repeat Hairpins into Shorter Repeats that Silence Specific Targets

Duplexes of 21-nucleotide RNAs mediate RNA interference in cultured mammalian cells

Sayda M. Elbashir, Jens Harborth, Winfried Lendeckel et al. · Nature · 2001 · 9.3K citations

Natural Sciences, Rna Splicing, Rna Biology +9

The nuclear RNase III Drosha initiates microRNA processing

Yoontae Lee, Chiyoung Ahn, Jinju Han et al. · Nature · 2003 · 5K citations

Chromatin, Transcriptional Regulation, Rna Biology +5

Role for a bidentate ribonuclease in the initiation step of RNA interference

Emily Bernstein, Amy A. Caudy, Scott M. Hammond et al. · Nature · 2001 · 4.9K citations

Rna Interference, Genetics, Natural Sciences +12

RNA interference is mediated by 21- and 22-nucleotide RNAs

Sayda M. Elbashir, Winfried Lendeckel, Thomas Tuschl · Genes & Development · 2001 · 3.3K citations · Full text

MicroRNA maturation: stepwise processing and subcellular localization

Yoontae Lee · The EMBO Journal · 2002 · 2.4K citations · Full text

Microrna Maturation, Microrna Detection, Small Rna +4