Abstract
RNA silencing is a mechanism of gene expression regulation mediated by short noncoding RNAs called small RNAs. Small RNAs can suppress gene expression transcriptionally or posttranscriptionally by base pairing to their targets. In plants, they are involved in a diverse range of pathways and processes. Forward genetic screens have led to the identification of many components in small RNA biogenesis and functional pathways. However, it cannot identify essential or functionally redundant genes. Forward chemical screens can overcome these limitations by targeting multiple redundant proteins within a family and by giving the user temporal control of the application of the chemical. Here, we describe a method to quickly screen chemicals that perturb small RNA pathways using Arabidopsis thaliana reporter lines in a 96-well format.
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This work was funded by the NSF-IGERT in Chemical Genomics, DGE0504249 to Y.L., a NIH R01 GM093008, and a NSF Career Award MCB-0642843 to H. J.
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Lii, Y., Jin, H. (2014). Forward Chemical Screening of Small RNA Pathways. In: Hicks, G., Robert, S. (eds) Plant Chemical Genomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1056. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-592-7_9
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