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shRNA control - (May/07/2007 )

Hi everyone,
I'm planning on trasfecting a plasmid expressing a shRNA to induce RNAi. I wanted to know if anyone knew a good universal negative control (rather than just scrambling my sequence) sequence I can use.

Thanks

-veryslowjoe-

QUOTE (veryslowjoe @ May 7 2007, 09:11 PM)
Hi everyone,
I'm planning on trasfecting a plasmid expressing a shRNA to induce RNAi. I wanted to know if anyone knew a good universal negative control (rather than just scrambling my sequence) sequence I can use.

Thanks



we use LacZ shRNA as control.

-scolix-

we use LacZ shRNA as control.
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Thanks for the tip. Do you happen to know the sequence of the LacZ shRNA that you use or the paper that mentions it?

Thanks again

-veryslowjoe-

Check this paper. It has the sequences.

Comparison of test systems for RNAinterference. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Mar 3;341(1):245-53.
Malik I, Garrido M, Bahr M, Kugler S, Michel U.

-scolix-