Journal: PLoS Genetics
Article Title: Neuron-Specific Feeding RNAi in C. elegans and Its Use in a Screen for Essential Genes Required for GABA Neuron Function
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003921
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Histogram of primary GABA-specific RNAi screen. 79 RNAi clones (green bars) were selected for retesting with aldicarb hypersensitivity above cutoff (dotted line) of two standard deviations above the mean. μ = 14.40%, σ = 12.15%, cutoff = 38.70%. ( B ) Aldicarb sensitivity of controls from primary screen. Negative control (L4440, blue box) fed worms are significantly less sensitive to aldicarb than positive control ( unc-25 , green box) fed worms. N = 42 for each condition. Whiskers are min to max values. p<0.0001. ( C ) Hits from secondary screen. RNAi against 48 genes causes hypersensitivity to aldicarb above primary RNAi screen cutoff in at least 3 independent trials of ∼25 worms each. p<0.0001 for all clones compared to control RNAi.
Article Snippet: The following RNAi clones were used: L4440 empty vector control (clone pPD129.36, Fire Kit, Addgene), GFP (clone pPD128.110, Fire Kit, Addgene), snb-1 (clone T10H9.4, Ahringer Library , unc-13 (clone ZK524.2, Ahringer Library), cat-2 (clone B0432.5, Ahringer Library), dop-3 (clone T14E8.3, Ahringer Library), eat-4 (clone ZK512.6, Ahringer Library), glr-1 (clone C06E1.4, Ahringer Library), unc-25 (clone Y37D8A.23, Vidal ORFeome Library , unc-49 (clone T21C12.1, Vidal ORFeome Library).
Techniques: Clone Assay, Negative Control, Positive Control, Control