Dicer is essential for mouse development (original) (raw)

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To address the biological function of RNA interference (RNAi)-related pathways in mammals, we disrupted the gene Dicer1 in mice. Loss of Dicer1 lead to lethality early in development, with _Dicer1_-null embryos depleted of stem cells. Coupled with our inability to generate viable _Dicer1_-null embryonic stem (ES) cells, this suggests a role for Dicer, and, by implication, the RNAi machinery, in maintaining the stem cell population during early mouse development.

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We thank L. Bianco and J. Coblentz for assistance with animals; B. Holdener, M.J. Garcia-Garcia and the Stony Brook University Histology Facility for help with initial embryo dissections; and M. Zhang and Z. Xuan for bioinformatics. E.M. is a Elisabeth Sloane Livingston Fellow of the Watson School of Biological Sciences. M.C. is supported by a US Army Breast Cancer Research Program Predoctoral Fellowship. This work was supported in part by grants from the US National Institutes of Health (G.J.H, S.J.E. and K.V.A) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (S.J.E.).

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  1. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Watson School of Biological Sciences, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, 11724, New York, USA
    Emily Bernstein, Sang Yong Kim, Michelle A Carmell, Elizabeth P Murchison, Alea A Mills & Gregory J Hannon
  2. Program in Genetics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, 11794, New York, USA
    Emily Bernstein & Michelle A Carmell
  3. Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, 1275 York Avenue, New York, 10021, New York, USA
    Heather Alcorn & Kathryn V Anderson
  4. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA
    Mamie Z Li & Stephen J Elledge

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Bernstein, E., Kim, S., Carmell, M. et al. Dicer is essential for mouse development.Nat Genet 35, 215–217 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1253

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