Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques
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Evaluating Gene function by RNA interference (RNAi)
RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful tool for performing... These smaller dsRNA fragments are referred to as small interfering RNAs (siRNA) and they bind to a class...genes.
Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) to knockdown expression of specific gene...morgani, and Phagocata gracillis. There are 11 different genes cloned into plasmids to investigate for ...WISH technique. The expression patterns of 11 different planarian genes (all of which are available through...one is working with, the protocol will slightly differ. For example, Girardia sp. and Dugesia dorotocephalacan...and if you make new plasmids for investigating different planarian genes, we encourage you to deposit them...