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- Title
Transport of dsRNA into cells by the transmembrane protein SID-1.
- Authors
Feinberg, Evan H; Hunter, Craig P
- Abstract
RNA interference (RNAi) spreads systemically in plants and nematodes to silence gene expression distant from the site of initiation. We previously identified a gene, sid-1, essential for systemic but not cell-autonomous RNAi in Caenorhabditis elegans. Here, we demonstrate that SID-1 is a multispan transmembrane protein that sensitizes Drosophila cells to soaking RNAi with a potency that is dependent on double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) length. Further analyses revealed that SID-1 enables passive cellular uptake of dsRNA. These data indicate that systemic RNAi in C. elegans involves SID-1-mediated intercellular transport of dsRNA.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2003, Vol 301, Issue 5639, p1545
- ISSN
1095-9203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.1087117