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Attenuated protein expression vectors for use in siRNA rescue experiments.

by: Eiji Morita, Jun Arii, Devin Christensen, Jörg Votteler, Wesley I. Sundquist
BioTechniques, Vol. 0, No. 0. (August 2012), pp. 1-5, doi:10.2144/000113909  Key: citeulike:11975643

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Transient transfection of small interfering RNA (siRNA) provides a powerful approach for studying cellular protein functions, particularly when the target protein can be re-expressed from an exogenous siRNA-resistant construct in order to rescue the knockdown phenotype, confirm siRNA target specificity, and support mutational analyses. Rescue experiments often fail, however, when siRNA-resistant constructs are expressed at suboptimal levels. Here, we describe an ensemble of mammalian protein expression vectors with CMV promoters of differing strengths. Using CHMP2A rescue of HIV-1 budding, we show that these vectors can combine high-transfection efficiencies with tunable protein expression levels to optimize the rescue of cellular phenotypes induced by siRNA transfection.


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