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Using siRNA to study microtubule-related proteins in cultured neurons
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Using siRNA to study microtubule-related proteins in cultured neurons

Lanfranco Leo, Wenqian Yu and Peter W Baas
Methods in cell biology, v 131
2016
PMID: 26794513

Abstract

Dendrites - metabolism RNA, Small Interfering - genetics Animals Transfection Microtubule-Associated Proteins - genetics RNA Interference Cells, Cultured Axons - metabolism Rats Green Fluorescent Proteins - genetics Hippocampus - cytology Cerebral Cortex - cytology
Testing functional hypotheses on the roles played by individual microtubule-related proteins in developing neurons benefits from having an effective means for depleting an individual protein from a population of cultured vertebrate neurons over an appropriate window. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) has the advantage of high transfection efficiency, but has certain limitations that require strategic experimental design. Here we describe the insights that we have gained over the years from using this approach.

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