摘要
ShortinterferingRNA(siRNA)iswidelyusedforstudyingpost-transcriptionalgenesilencingandholdsgreatpromiseasatoolforbothidentifyingfunctionofnovelgenesandvalidatingdrugtargets.TwosiRNAfragments(siRNA-aand-b),whichweredesignedagainstdifferentspecificareasofcodingregionofthesametargetgreenfluorescentprotein(GFP)gene,wereusedtosilenceGFPexpressioninculturedgfptransgeniccellsofrice(OryzasativaL.;OS),cotton(GossypiumhirsutumL.;GH),Fraserfir[Abiesfraseri(Pursh)Poir;AF],andVirginiapine(PinusvirginianaMill.;PV).DifferentialgenesilencingwasobservedinthebombardedtransgeniccellsbetweentwosiRNAs,andtheseresultswereconsistentwiththeinactivationofGFPconfirmedbylaserscanningmicroscopy,Northernblot,andsiRNAanalysisintestedtransgeniccellcultures.ThesedatasuggestthatsiRNA-mediatedgeneinactivationcanbethesiRNAspecificindifferentplantspecies.TheseresultsindicatethatsiRNAisahighlyspecifictoolfortargetedgeneknockdownandforestablishingsiRNA-mediatedgenesilencing,whichcouldbeareliableapproachforlarge-scalescreeningofgenefunctionanddrugtargetvalidation.
出版日期
2004年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)