Post-transcriptional Gene Silencing Induced by Short Interfering RNAs in Cultured Transgenic Plant Cells

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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.
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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)
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