DCL3
= DCL3
{c}
A Dicer-like <protein> that processes canonical precursors into 24-nucleotide <siRNAs>.
The products contribute to canonical <RNA-directed DNA methylation> in <plants>. Processing converts a longer double-stranded precursor into guide-sized fragments, linking <RNA> production to later sequence-directed <chromatin> regulation. <NCBI Gene by the National Library of Medicine>[Arabidopsis thaliana, DCL3 record, Summary: small-RNA processing]{ref}