| Chapter title |
RNAi-Based Techniques for the Analysis of Gene Function in Drosophila Germline Stem Cells
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 13 |
| Book title |
RNAi and Small Regulatory RNAs in Stem Cells
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| Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, July 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7108-4_13 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7106-0, 978-1-4939-7108-4
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| Authors |
Amelia J. Blake, Danielle S. Finger, Victoria L. Hardy, Elizabeth T. Ables, Blake, Amelia J., Finger, Danielle S., Hardy, Victoria L., Ables, Elizabeth T. |
| Editors |
Baohong Zhang |
| Abstract |
Elucidating the full repertoire of molecular mechanisms that promote stem cell maintenance requires sophisticated techniques for identifying and characterizing gene function in stem cells in their native environment. Ovarian germline stem cells in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, are an ideal model to study the complex molecular mechanisms driving stem cell function in vivo. A variety of new genetic tools make RNAi a useful complement to traditional genetic mutants for the investigation of the molecular mechanisms guiding ovarian germline stem cell function. Here, we provide a detailed guide for using targeted RNAi knockdown for the discovery of gene function in ovarian germline stem cells and their progeny. |
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