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ArticleNature protocols2014

Epitope-tagged protein-based artificial miRNA screens for optimized gene silencing in plants.

Jian-Feng Li, Dandan Zhang, Jen Sheen

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Article in Nature protocols, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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3 authors.

Jian-Feng Li1] Department of Molecular Biology and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Dandan Zhang1] Department of Molecular Biology and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jen Sheen1] Department of Molecular Biology and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Funding

Glucose Signal Transduction Pathways in PlantsR01GM060493 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SHEEN, JEN · 2000 to 2017
$5.7M
Signaling Mechanisms in Plant Innate ImmunityR01GM070567 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SHEEN, JEN · 2005 to 2017
$4.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM060493NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM070567NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM60493NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM70567
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial miRNA (amiRNA) technology offers highly specific gene silencing in diverse plant species. The principal challenge in amiRNA application is to select potent amiRNAs from hundreds of bioinformatically designed candidates to enable maximal target gene silencing at the protein level. To address this issue, we developed the epitope-tagged protein-based amiRNA (ETPamir) screens, in which single or multiple potential target genes encoding epitope-tagged proteins are constitutively or inducibly coexpressed with individual amiRNA candidates in plant protoplasts. Accumulation of tagged proteins, detected by immunoblotting with commercial tag antibodies, inversely and quantitatively reflects amiRNA efficacy in vivo. The core procedure, from protoplast isolation to identification of optimal amiRNA, can be completed in 2-3 d. The ETPamir screens circumvent the limited availability of plant antibodies and the complexity of plant amiRNA silencing at target mRNA and/or protein levels. The method can be extended to verify predicted target genes for endogenous plant miRNAs.

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Gene SilencingGenetic TechniquesMicroRNAsArabidopsisEpitopesImmunoblottingPlant ProteinsPlantsProtoplastsEpitopesMicroRNAsPlant Proteins

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PMID24675734
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