Different types of transcribed RNAs are processed by distinct RNases. Arabidopsis thaliana RNASE THREE LIKE2 (RTL2) is likely to play two opposing roles by both positively and negatively modulating the accumulation of 24-nucleotide siRNAs.
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Lang, Z., Gong, Z. Small RNA biogenesis: Novel roles of an RNase III enzyme. Nature Plants 2, 16021 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2016.21
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