Publication Date:
2002-02-09
Description:
Double-stranded RNA-mediated gene interference (RNAi) in Caenorhabditis elegans systemically inhibits gene expression throughout the organism. To investigate how gene-specific silencing information is transmitted between cells, we constructed a strain that permits visualization of systemic RNAi. We used this strain to identify systemic RNA interference-deficient (sid) loci required to spread gene-silencing information between tissues but not to initiate or maintain an RNAi response. One of these loci, sid-1, encodes a conserved protein with predicted transmembrane domains. SID-1 is expressed in cells sensitive to RNAi, is localized to the cell periphery, and is required cell-autonomously for systemic RNAi.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Winston, William M -- Molodowitch, Christina -- Hunter, Craig P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2002 Mar 29;295(5564):2456-9. Epub 2002 Feb 7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11834782" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Animals, Genetically Modified
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Caenorhabditis elegans/embryology/*genetics/metabolism
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Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/*physiology
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Calmodulin-Binding Proteins/genetics
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Cytoplasm/metabolism
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Embryo, Nonmammalian/physiology
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*Gene Silencing
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Genes, Helminth
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Germ Cells/metabolism
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Green Fluorescent Proteins
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Intestines/metabolism
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Luminescent Proteins/genetics
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Membrane Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/*physiology
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mosaicism
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Muscle Proteins/genetics
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Muscles/metabolism
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Mutation
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
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RNA, Double-Stranded/*genetics/metabolism
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RNA, Helminth/*genetics/metabolism
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
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Transgenes
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
