The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Dicer 1, Ribonuclease Type III across different species:

dicer 1, ribonuclease type III (DICER1), Dicer1, Dcr-1 homolog (Drosophila) (Dicer1), dicer 1, ribonuclease type III (Dicer1), Dicer1, Dcr-1 homolog (Drosophila) (dicer1), endoribonuclease Dicer (CpipJ_CPIJ010534), dicer 1, ribonuclease type III (dicer1), double-stranded RNA-specific endoribonuclease type III (dicer1)

Other aliases include:

DCR1, Dicer, HERNA, KIAA0928, D12Ertd7e, mKIAA0928, 1110006F08Rik, fc39d11, fc74b05, wu:fc39d11, wu:fc74b05, DICER1, dicer, herna, dicer1

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Dicer 1, Ribonuclease Type III:

dicer1 – K12H4.8-LIKE – helicase-moi – Dicer1, Dcr-1 homolog – helicase with RNAse motif – dicer 1, double-stranded RNA-specific endoribonuclease – endoribonuclease Dicer – dicer 1, ribonuclease type III – dicer – dsRNA-specific ribonuclease – Endoribonuclease Dicer – double-stranded RNA-specific endoribonuclease type III

Dicer 1, Ribonuclease Type III fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – ATP-dependent helicase activity – double-stranded RNA binding – endonuclease activity – helicase activity – hydrolase activity – magnesium ion binding – manganese ion binding – nucleotide binding – protein binding – ribonuclease III activity – RNA binding – metal ion binding – nuclease activity – nucleic acid binding – molecular_function – DNA binding

Dicer 1, Ribonuclease Type III is relevant to the following processes:

RNA processing – angiogenesis – branching morphogenesis of a tube – embryonic hindlimb morphogenesis – gene silencing by RNA – lung development – pre-microRNA processing – production of siRNA involved in RNA interference – stem cell maintenance – targeting of mRNA for destruction involved in RNA interference – cardiac muscle cell development – embryonic limb morphogenesis – production of miRNAs involved in gene silencing by miRNA – biological_process – gene silencing by miRNA – mRNA cleavage involved in gene silencing by miRNA

Locations for Dicer 1, Ribonuclease Type III:

RNA-induced silencing complex – cytoplasm – intracellular – ER-Golgi intermediate compartment – axon – dendrite – growth cone

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology