title: Sensitive assay of RNA interference in Drosophila and Chinese hamster cultured cells using firefly luciferase gene as target.
abstract: A sensitive cellular assay system for RNA interference was developed using the firefly luciferase gene as target. RNA interference was noted not only in Drosophila cultured cells but Chinese hamster cells (CHO-K1) as well, although double-stranded RNA required for the latter was 2500 times more than for the former. Cognate double-stranded RNA as short as 38 bp was found to be still capable of inducing RNA interference in Drosophila cultured cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ui-Tei
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zenno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saigo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004330:Drosophila; D008156:Luciferases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D012313:RNA / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D008156:Luciferases