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Hitz, C. ; Steuber-Buchberger, P.M. ; Delic, S. ; Wurst, W. ; Kühn, R.

Generation of shRNA transgenic mice.

Methods Mol. Biol. 530, 101-129 (2009)
DOI PMC
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RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated gene knockdown has developed into a routine method to assess gene function in cultured mammalian cells in a fast and easy manner. For the use of RNAi in mice, short hairpin (sh) RNAs expressed stably from the genome are a faster alternative to conventional knockout approaches. Here, we describe an advanced strategy for complete or conditional gene knockdown in mice, where the Cre/loxP system is used to activate RNAi in a time- and tissue-dependent manner. Single-copy RNAi constructs are placed into the Rosa26 locus of ES cells by recombinase-mediated cassette exchange and transmitted through the germline of chimaeric mice. The shRNA transgenic offspring can be either directly used for phenotypic analysis or are further crossed to a Cre transgenic strain to activate conditional shRNA vectors. The site-specific insertion of single-copy shRNA vectors allows the expedite and reproducible production of knockdown mice and provides an easy and fast approach to assess gene function in vivo.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Herausgeber Kühn, R.* ; Wurst, W.*
Schlagwörter RNAi; transgenic mice; Rosa26; Cre/loxP; RMCE; shRNA
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1064-3745
e-ISSN 1940-6029
ISBN 978-1-934115-26-8
Zeitschrift Methods in Molecular Biology
Quellenangaben Band: 530, Heft: , Seiten: 101-129 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Reihe Methods Mol. Biol.
Verlag Springer
Verlagsort Berlin [u.a.]
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Developmental Genetics (IDG)