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SignalSilence® Dicer siRNA II #6585

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from HeLa cells, transfected with 100 nM SignalSilence® Control siRNA (Unconjugated) #6568 (-), SignalSilence® Dicer siRNA I #6576 (+) or SignalSilence® Dicer siRNA II (+), using Dicer Antibody #3363 and α-Tubulin (11H10) Rabbit mAb #2125. The dicer antibody confirms silencing of dicer expression, while α-Tubulin (11H10) Rabbit mAb is used to control for loading and specificity of dicer siRNA.

Description

SignalSilence® Dicer siRNA II from Cell Signaling Technology (CST) allows the researcher to specifically inhibit dicer expression using RNA interference, a method whereby gene expression can be selectively silenced through the delivery of double stranded RNA molecules into the cell. All SignalSilence® siRNA products from CST are rigorously tested in-house and have been shown to reduce target protein expression by western analysis.

Directions for Use

CST recommends transfection with 100 nM Dicer siRNA II 48 to 72 hours prior to cell lysis. For transfection procedure, follow protocol provided by the transfection reagent manufacturer. Please feel free to contact CST with any questions on use.

Background

Dicer is a member of the RNase III family that specifically cleaves double-stranded RNAs to generate microRNAs (miRNAs) (1). Long, primary transcript pri-miRNAs are processed to stem-looped pre-miRNAs by drosha (2), which are transported to the cytoplasm and further processed by dicer to produce mature, 22-nucleotide miRNAs (3). The mature miRNA then becomes a part of the RNA-Induced Silencing Complex (RISC) and can bind to the 3' UTR of the target mRNA (3).

  1. Hutvágner, G. and Zamore, P.D. (2002) Science 297, 2056-60.
  2. Lee, Y. et al. (2003) Nature 425, 415-9.
  3. Diederichs, S. and Haber, D.A. (2007) Cell 131, 1097-108.

Application References

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Companion Products

Limited Use Label License, RNA interference: This product is licensed under European Patent 1144623 and foreign equivalents from Ribopharma AG, Kulmbach, Germany and is provided only for use in non-commercial research specifically excluding use (a) in drug discovery or drug development, including target identification or target validation, by or on behalf of a commercial entity, (b) for contract research or commercial screening services, (c) for the production or manufacture of siRNA-related products for sale, or (d) for the generation of commercial databases for sale to Third Parties. Information about licenses for these and other commercial uses is available from Ribopharma AG, Fritz-Hornschuch-Str. 9, D-95326 Kulmbach, Germany.

This product is intended for research purposes only. The product is not intended to be used for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes in humans or animals.

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