Microinjection of dsRNA into Mouse One-Cell Embryos: Figure 1.

Abstract

INTRODUCTIONRNA interference (RNAi) is a suitable method for sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing in a number of model systems. The following protocol describes delivery of a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) of choice into mouse one-cell embryos by microinjection. Microinjected embryos can be cultured for up to 4 d, i.e., to the blastocyst stage. The efficiency of knockdown by RNAi can be assayed by quantitative reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR (qPCR).