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RNAi Tuschl Protocols

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Selected Protocols from "RNAi, A Guide to Gene Silencing", Gregory J. Hannon.
Mammalian RNA Interference, Thomas Tuschl (Chapter 13, pg. 280-288)

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Selection of siRNA Sequences
Annealing siRNAs to Produce siRNA Duplexes
Cell Culture and Preparation of Cells in 24-Well Plates
Cotransfection of Luciferase Reporter Plasmids with siRNA Duplexes
Transfection of siRNA Duplexes
Immunofluorescence Detection of Protein Knockdown
Detection of Protein Knockdown by Western Blotting
ABSTRACT
A series of protocols is presented for targeting endogenous genes in mammalian somatic cells.

Products Available for "Annealing siRNAs to Produce siRNA Duplexes"
Protocol Material Description Product #  Product Name Add to Cart
200 mM potassium acetate P1190 Potassium acetate
   
4 mM magnesium acetate 63052 Magnesium acetate solution
   
60 mM HEPES-KOH (pH 7.4) H0887 HEPES solution
   
Ethidium bromide solution (1% w/v) aqueous E1510 Ethidium bromide solution
   
Agarose suitable for small PCR fragments A3038 Agarose
   
Sense and antisense siRNA in H2O at a conc. >80uM Custom siRNA Production of siRNA  
Gel loading buffer G2526 Gel Loading Buffer
   
5X TBE buffer T6400 Tris-Borate-EDTA buffer
   
450 mM Tris base T6066 Trizma® base
   
450 mM boric acid B6768 Boric acid
   
10 mM Na2EDTA E7889 Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt solution
   
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Products Available for "Cell Culture and Preparation of Cells in 24-Well Plates"
Protocol Material Description Product #  Product Name Add to Cart
Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium (DMEM) D5796 Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium - high glucose
   
Fetal bovine serum (FBS) F2442 Fetal Bovine Serum
   
Penicillin and streptomycin P4458 Penicillin-Streptomycin
   
Trypsin-EDTA solution T4049 Trypsin-EDTA solution
   
Cell Culture flask (175 ml) C7046 Corning® cell culture flasks
   
Cell culture plate (24 well) CLS3337 Corning® Cell Culture Plates with CellBIND® surface
   
Coverslips S1815 SecureSlip™ glass coverslip
   
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Products Available for "Cotransfection of Luciferase Reporter Plasmids with siRNA Duplexes"
Protocol Material Description Product #  Product Name Add to Cart
Cell culture plate (24 well) CLS3337 Corning® Cell Culture Plates with CellBIND® surface
   
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Products Available for "Immunofluorescence Detection of Protein Knockdown"
Protocol Material Description Product #  Product Name Add to Cart
Hoechst 33342 B2261 bisBenzimide H 33342 trihydrochloride
   
Methanol, chilled to –10°C 494437 Methanol
   
137 mM NaCl S3014 Sodium chloride
   
7 mM Na2HPO4 S3264 Sodium phosphate dibasic
   
1.5 mM KH2PO4 60353 Potassium phosphate dibasic
   
2.7 mM KCl P9541 Potassium chloride
   
Cell culture plate (24 well) carrying knockdown cells on coverslips CLS3337 Corning® Cell Culture Plates with CellBIND® surface
   
Coverslips S1815 SecureSlip™ glass coverslip
   
Filter paper Z612820 Schleicher & Schuell® filter paper
   
Petri dish (15-cm diameter) Z231525 Duroplan Petri Dishes
   
Slides Z162701 Corning® microscope slides, frosted one side, one end
   
Tweezers (No. 7) T4912 Tweezers
   
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Products Available for "Detection of Protein Knockdown by Western Blotting"
Protocol Material Description Product #  Product Name Add to Cart
Blocking solution (3% milk powder in TBST [pH 7.4]) P4739 Phosphate buffered saline
   
Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium (DMEM) D5796 Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium - high glucose
   
ECL detection kit PQ0201 ProteoQwest™ Chemiluminescent Western Blotting Kit, CPS Substrate
   
Tris-Glycine Buffer T4904 Tris-Glycine Buffer 10× Concentrate
   
0.01% SDS L4390 Sodium dodecyl sulfate
   
20% methanol 494437 Methanol
   
2X Laemmli SDS sample buffer S9788 2x SDS Sample Buffer
   
137 mM NaCl S3014 Sodium chloride
   
7 mM Na2HPO4 S3264 Sodium phosphate dibasic
   
1.5 mM KH2PO4 60353 Potassium phosphate dibasic
   
2.7 mM KCl P9541 Potassium chloride
   
Ponceau S Stain P3504 Ponceau S
   
0.2% Tween-20 P9416 TWEEN® 20
   
20 mM Tris-HCl T5941 Trizma® hydrochloride
   
150 mM NaCl S3014 Sodium Chloride
   
Trypsin-EDTA solution T4049 Trypsin-EDTA solution
   
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