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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-1-19
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated the potential of double-stranded RNA to interfere with the function of genes in Drosophila. Injection of dsRNA into embryos resulted in potent and specific interference of several genes that were tested. In contrast, single-stranded RNA weakly interfered with gene activity. The method was used to determine the reception mechanism of the morphogen Wingless. Interference of the frizzled and Drosophila frizzled 2 genes together produced defects in embryonic patterning that mimic loss of wingless function. Interference of either gene alone had no effect on patterning. Epistasis analysis indicates that frizzled and Drosophila frizzled 2 act downstream of wingless and upstream of zeste-white3 in the Wingless pathway. Our results demonstrate that dsRNA interference can be used to analyze many aspects of gene function.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Frizzled Receptors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fushi Tarazu Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insect Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Antisense, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Double-Stranded, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Cell Surface, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Neurotransmitter, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Repressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Wnt1 Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/engrail protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/eve protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ftz protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/fz protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/fz2 protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/shaggy protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ttk protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/wg protein, Drosophila
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1017-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Body Patterning, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Epistasis, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Frizzled Receptors, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Fushi Tarazu Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Injections, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Insect Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Nucleic Acid Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-RNA, Antisense, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-RNA, Double-Stranded, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Receptors, Neurotransmitter, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9875855-Wnt1 Protein
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Use of dsRNA-mediated genetic interference to demonstrate that frizzled and frizzled 2 act in the wingless pathway.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.