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The conditional expression of hairpin constructs in Drosophila melanogaster has emerged in recent years as a method of choice in functional genomic studies. To date, upstream activating site–driven RNA interference constructs have been inserted into the genome randomly using P-element–mediated transformation, which can result in false negatives due to variable expression. To avoid this problem, we have developed a transgenic RNA interference vector based on the phiC31 site-specific integration method.
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We thank G. Rubin, C. Zuker, K. Moses and B. Mathey-Prevot for critical input on the project, B. Dickson (IMP, Vienna) for the gift of UAS-Dcr2 and F. Karch (University of Geneva) for nanos-integrase. M.M. is a fellow of the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund. M.B. is supported by R01 GM067761 from the US National Institute of General Medical Sciences. This work was supported in part by the Janelia Farm Visitor program. N.P. is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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Ni, JQ., Markstein, M., Binari, R. et al. Vector and parameters for targeted transgenic RNA interference in Drosophila melanogaster. Nat Methods 5, 49–51 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1146
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