A simple strategy for generation of gene knockdown constructs with convergent H1 and U6 promoters |
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Authors: | Jian Rui Peng Tao Deng Shaoli Jiang Jing Hu Fuquan An Jing Cheng Xiaoxing |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Infection Immunity, Department of Microbiology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, PR China. |
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Abstract: | RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful tool for functional genetic studies in model organisms and mammalian cells. To facilitate rapid construction of gene knockdown constructs and RNAi libraries for known genes of mammalian cells, a new and simple strategy to produce small interfering RNA (siRNA) expression vectors with two opposing polymerase III promoters was developed. The design involved a one-step PCR amplification and single cloning procedure to construct a dual promoter siRNA expression vector. The forward primer is identical for all PCR reactions, only a single reverse primer that contains the siRNA targeting sequence has to be synthesized in the construction of each individual vector. This single primer design is cost-effective and it reduces the risk of sequence errors during synthesis of long oligos. Sense and antisense strands of siRNA duplexes were transcribed from the same template and this eliminated the need to synthesize long hairpin-forming oligonucleotides. Our study demonstrated that this vector design could mediate potent inhibition of expression of both exogenous and endogenous genes in mammalian cells. |
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Keywords: | RNA interference siRNA Convergent dual promoter vector Bcl-2 Eps15 EGFP |
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