Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
STAR Protoc. 2024 Jun 21;5(2):103114. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103114. Epub 2024 Jun 5.
Forward genetic screens have been a powerful tool for discovering genes involved in various biological processes in Caenorhabditis elegans. Here, we present a protocol for forward genetic screening to identify novel factors involved in a biological process in C. elegans. We describe steps for mutagenesis, screening, and backcrossing. To save time and effort, we also detail procedures for utilizing whole-genome sequencing to exclude mutants of previously characterized genes from crosses for mapping mutations. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Yoshida et al..
正向遗传学筛选一直是发现秀丽隐杆线虫各种生物学过程中相关基因的有力工具。在这里,我们提供了一个正向遗传学筛选的方案,用于鉴定秀丽隐杆线虫生物学过程中的新的因子。我们描述了诱变、筛选和回交的步骤。为了节省时间和精力,我们还详细介绍了利用全基因组测序排除已鉴定基因的突变体从杂交中进行突变定位的程序。有关该方案的使用和执行的完整详细信息,请参考 Yoshida 等人的研究。