title: Isolation of the interacting molecules with GEX-3 by a novel functional screening.
abstract: To screen for important molecules that interact with a gene of interest in Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), we established a novel functional screening system using the yeast two-hybrid system with the RNA interference technique. Our screening system makes it possible to identify the molecular machinery involved in the function of a gene of interest starting with the cDNA of this gene. As a model case, we examined the molecular machinery involved in the function of GEX-3, an essential factor of tissue morphogenesis. We identified many interacting molecules by yeast two-hybrid screening and could detect some functional interactions using this novel functional screening system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Pharmacology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qadota
authors.forename: Katsuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kasuya
authors.forename: Mutsuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaibuchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; C450822:GEX-3 protein, C elegans; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012313:RNA