Gene silencing

Effects of siRNA-mediated silencing of Sal-like 4 expression on proliferation and apoptosis of prostate cancer C4-2 cells

K. F. Liu, Shan, Y. X., Liu, K. F., and Shan, Y. X., Effects of siRNA-mediated silencing of Sal-like 4 expression on proliferation and apoptosis of prostate cancer C4-2 cells, vol. 15, p. -, 2016.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of small interfering RNA (siRNA)-inhibited expression of the Sal-like 4 (SALL4) gene on the proliferation, colony formation, and apoptosis of prostate cancer C4-2 cells. C4-2 cells were cultured and divided into a si-SALL4 group, a negative control siRNA group, and a blank control group. SALL4 mRNA levels and protein expression were detected by real-time polymerase chain reaction and western blot, respectively.

Post-transcriptional silencing of the SGE1 gene induced by a dsRNA hairpin in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp cubense, the causal agent of Panama disease

J. S. Fernandes, Angelo, P. C. S., Cruz, J. C., Santos, J. M. M., Sousa, N. R., Silva, G. F., Fernandes, J. S., Angelo, P. C. S., Cruz, J. C., Santos, J. M. M., Sousa, N. R., Silva, G. F., Fernandes, J. S., Angelo, P. C. S., Cruz, J. C., Santos, J. M. M., Sousa, N. R., and Silva, G. F., Post-transcriptional silencing of the SGE1 gene induced by a dsRNA hairpin in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp cubense, the causal agent of Panama disease, vol. 15, p. -, 2016.

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp cubense (Foc), the causal agent of Panama disease, is responsible for economic losses in banana crops worldwide. The identification of genes that effectively act on pathogenicity and/or virulence may contribute to the development of different strategies for disease control and the production of resistant plants. The objective of the current study was to analyze the importance of SGE1 gene expression in Foc virulence through post-transcriptional silencing using a double-stranded RNA hairpin.

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