Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Genetics. 2011 May;188(1):235-7. doi: 10.1534/genetics.111.127209. Epub 2011 Mar 8.
Gene knockdown by RNA interference (RNAi) in Caenorhabditis elegans is readily achieved by feeding bacteria expressing double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). Enhanced RNAi (Eri) mutants facilitate RNAi due to their hypersensitivity to dsRNA. Here, we compare eight Eri mutants for sensitivity to ingested dsRNA, targeting a variety of tissue-specific genes.
利用 RNA 干扰(RNAi)使基因失活在秀丽隐杆线虫中很容易通过喂食表达双链 RNA(dsRNA)的细菌来实现。增强型 RNAi(Eri)突变体由于对 dsRNA 的超敏感性而促进 RNAi。在这里,我们比较了八种 Eri 突变体对各种组织特异性基因的 dsRNA 的摄取敏感性。