Definitions for dicer
dicer

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dicernoun

   a mechanical device used for dicing food

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1. dicernoun

   A gambler who plays dice.

2. dicernoun

   One who, or that which, dices (cuts into cubes); a tool for this purpose.

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1. Dicernoun

   A player at dice; a gamester.

   Etymology: from dice.

   They make marriage vows
   As false as dicers oaths. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

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1. Dicer

   Dicer, also known as endoribonuclease Dicer or helicase with RNase motif, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DICER1 gene. Being part of the RNase III family, Dicer cleaves double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) and pre-microRNA (pre-miRNA) into short double-stranded RNA fragments called small interfering RNA and microRNA, respectively. These fragments are approximately 20–25 base pairs long with a two-base overhang on the 3′-end. Dicer facilitates the activation of the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), which is essential for RNA interference. RISC has a catalytic component Argonaute, which is an endonuclease capable of degrading messenger RNA (mRNA).

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1. dicer

   A dicer is a kitchen tool used for cutting different types of foods, like vegetables or fruits, into small and uniform pieces or dices. This tool commonly consists of a grid of sharp blades and a device for pushing the food through the grid to produce consistently sized and shaped pieces. Apart from this, "Dicer" also refers to a ribonuclease enzyme that plays a pivotal role in the RNA interference pathway within cells.

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1. Dicernoun

   a player at dice; a dice player; a gamester

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1. Dicer

   Dicer is an endoribonuclease in the RNase III family that cleaves double-stranded RNA and pre-microRNA into short double-stranded RNA fragments about 20-25 base pairs long, with a two-base overhang on the 3' end. Dicer contains two RNase III domains and one PAZ domain; the distance between these two regions of the molecule is determined by the length and angle of the connector helix and influences the length of the siRNAs it produces. Dicers interact with several partner proteins. These partner proteins could play a role in dictating the substrate specificity of Dicer proteins. Dicer facilitates the formation of the RNA-induced silencing complex, whose catalytic component argonaute is an endonuclease capable of degrading messenger RNA. The human version of this gene is DICER1. Dicer and other miRNA processing enzymes may be important in cancer prognosis. When researchers in British Columbia sequenced the genomes of rare ovarian, uterine, and testicular tumours, they found that the same fundamental mutation in the DICER gene showed up as the common process underlying all of the different cancers they had examined. The DICER gene regulates the development and behavior of normal cells in the body, and the mutation of this gene causes this regulating ability to be warped, producing cancerous cells.

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Anagrams for dicer »

1. IRCed

2. cider

3. cried

4. Deric

5. riced

How to pronounce dicer?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dicer in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dicer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dicer
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dicer
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dicer
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicer
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dicer
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=dicer