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Research Paper

Structural basis for Dicer-like function of an engineered RNase III variant and insights into the reaction trajectory of two-Mg2+-ion catalysis

Sudhaker DharavathCenter for Structural Biology, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5973-0214View further author information
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Gary X. ShawCenter for Structural Biology, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2510-3538View further author information
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Xinhua JiCenter for Structural Biology, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 908-915 | Received 09 May 2022, Accepted 05 Jul 2022, Published online: 13 Jul 2022

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