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  1. RNA Interference in Plant Biology: New Tools for an Old Favorite

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    Oct. 27, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...: creation of the RNAi trigger delivering the RNAi trigger characterizing the RNAi phenotype. Although... 1: Schematic of an RNAi-inducing transgene. Typically, the desired target of RNAi is expressed as inverted...might incorrectly relegate RNAi to history. The straightforwardness of RNAi is unmatched—unlike CRISPR... gene of interest. Tools for RNAi Arguably the greatest advantage of RNAi is the straightforward nature...gene or genes of interest to trigger RNAi activation. A typical RNAi experiment can be divided into three...present at the first stage of an RNAi-based investigation. Creation of the RNAi trigger requires a few initial...generate a long-term RNAi phenotype. Long hairpin RNA The easiest approach to induce RNAi involves the expression...
  2. Hot Plasmids December 2018 - C. elegans RNAi, TurboID, Detecting Viral Outbreaks, and Protein Binding Specificity Tools

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    Dec. 6, 2018, 1:34 p.m.
    ...Cecchetelli  Listen to the C. elegans RNAi podcast segment RNA interference (RNAi) is extensively used in C. elegans...gene being targeted via RNAi. Recently the Vellai lab has created an improved RNAi vector that leads to ... standard RNAi protocols without the need for mutant genetic backgrounds. The standard RNAi vector, L4440... the hot plasmids episode! New, highly efficient RNAi construct for C. elegans gene knockdown Article ...elegans research to study gene function. RNAi is commonly achieved by feeding E. coli expressing dsRNA...experiments are to physically set up in the lab, RNAi is often completely ineffective or results in low...are genetically altered to overexpress endogenous RNAi pathways. These mutations however can interfere ...
  3. Addgene Welcomes John Doench to the Advisory Board

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    Aug. 13, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...research career working on miRNAs and RNAi. He first heard about RNAi at his MIT interview during a lecture..., “what I loved about [RNAi], ... it was just this complete black box. The RNAi process had just been ...helps researchers in a variety of fields develop RNAi screens to answer their own research questions. ...Institute For his post-doc, Doench worked on using RNAi screens to learn more about cancer biology in Ed...Doench starting working with David Root in the then RNAi Platform, which has since evolved into the Genetic...background in history and specifically the history of RNAi left him a bit skeptical of the technology at the...explain that, “everything that could be done with RNAi in terms of determining what genes are involved ...
  4. Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques

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    May 24, 2018, 1:20 p.m.
    ...Evaluating Gene function by RNA interference (RNAi) RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful tool for performing targeted...-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) to knockdown expression of specific gene expression...for both in situ hybridization and dsRNA-induced RNAi experiments. Notably, this plasmid harbors a multi-cloning...plasmids and protocols required for both WISH and RNAi experiments, as well as how to perform worm amputations...expression. More specifically, during the process of RNAi, an enzyme dubbed Dicer cuts or “dices” dsRNA into...feed the mixture to the worms. The phenotypes of RNAi knockdown treatment should be apparent after three... Find plasmids for Mammalian RNAi ...
  5. All in a Twist: dsRNA

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    Feb. 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...also known as RNAi, are short, dsRNA molecules designed to degrade mRNA transcripts. RNAi activates the...compatible sequence is found (typically RNA that the RNAi is designed against), RISC can repress translation...lab to deplete expression of proteins of interest. RNAi has even made it into agriculture as species-specific...immune responses are also a concern when it comes to RNAi therapeutic delivery. Thus, balancing the amount...
  6. Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research

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    July 24, 2018, 12:51 p.m.
    ...Cloning and expressing RNAi pMKO.1 puro (Plasmid #8452) RNA interference (RNAi) is an RNA-mediated gene...Scientists can express siRNAs to direct the cellular RNAi machinery to silence target genes. This empty MuLV...cells.  Learn more about Mammalian shRNA Tools for RNAi! Cre-Lox technology CAG-GFP-IRES-CRE (Plasmid #48201...Plasmid #10878) This plasmid has been used by The RNAi Consortium, also known as the Genetic Perturbation...
  7. Plasmids 101: Screens vs. Selections

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    Nov. 10, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...there are other options which are worth considering. RNAi screens are similar to CRISPR, but instead of knocking...genome), they knock down gene expression temporarily. RNAi libraries are especially useful if you are interested...to check out our CRISPR library resources or our RNAi resources and go fishing! References and resources...
  8. Antibody Validation for Flow Cytometry

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    Sept. 10, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...real challenge to troubleshoot RNAi failures. Potential explanations for RNAi not reducing the antibody signal... of the RNAi Correctly interpreting your data therefore necessitates careful design of RNAi sequences...feasible, an alternative approach is RNA interference (RNAi). The most common method is transfection of short...
  9. Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design

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    Sept. 13, 2018, 1:55 p.m.
    ...These screens provide an alternative to genome-wide RNAi screens, which although highly effective, are affected...non-specific toxicity, and off-target effects. The flaws of RNAi screens are well characterized and strategies exist...CRISPR screens are prone to some of the same flaws as RNAi screens, such as non-specific toxicity due to both...
  10. Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015

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    Dec. 1, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...) Craig Mello. Taking his groundbreaking work in RNAi one step further, his lab is now studying how Argonaute...this field. Resources at Addgene Browse Addgene's RNAi resources Browse Addgene's CRISPR resources Read...
  11. Five Popular Model Organisms

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    April 11, 2019, 12:39 p.m.
    ...be easily knocked-down through RNA interference (RNAi) by feeding the worm bacteria expressing specific...of interest (Fire et al., 1998). The discovery of RNAi in the worm actually rewarded depositors Andrew ...
  12. Hot Plasmids - January 2023

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    Jan. 31, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...RNA targeting, with a leg up on the alternatives - RNAi and Cas13. CRISPR-Csm doesn’t degrade proximal RNAs...
  13. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    Jan. 8, 2019, 1:54 p.m.
    ...shRNA is used as a negative control for mammalian RNAi experiments.  Find the scrambled shRNA vector. pLKO...
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