title: Design and Methods of Large-Scale RNA Interference Screens in Drosophila.
abstract: Drosophila is an ideal model system for addressing important questions in biology. The use of RNA interference (RNAi) to knockdown gene expression in fly tissues is both very effective and relatively simple. In the past few decades, genome-wide UAS-RNAi transgenic libraries and thousands of Gal4 strains have been generated and have facilitated large-scale in vivo RNAi screening. Here, we discuss methods for the design and performance of a large-scale in vivo RNAi screen in Drosophila. Furthermore, methods for the validation of results and analysis of data will be introduced.
authors: Life Sciences Institute and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
authors: Jia
authors: J
authors: Zhou
authors: Life Sciences Institute and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. ctong@zju.edu.cn.
authors: Chao
authors: C
authors: Tong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D057166:High-Throughput Screening Assays / Q000379:methods*; D034622:RNA Interference
keywords: COMPLEAT; DAVID; Drosophila; RNA interference; UAS-Gal4 system