Worm Breeder's Gazette 17(1): 30 (October 1, 2001)
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| 1 | Caenorhabditis elegans Reverse Genetics Core Facility, Biotechnology Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC |
| 2 | Genome Sequence Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC |
| 3 | Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC |
The Vancouver node of the C. elegans gene knockout consortium has made information on the gene knockout process available on the web (http://ko.cigenomics.bc.ca/protocols.html) for researchers who wish to perform gene knockout experiments in their own labs. The time-line and methods for the gene knockout process is described, from mutagenesis to isolation of individual mutations. The information also includes a detailed description and experimental protocols for PCR screening of mutagenized libraries using the "poison primer" technique. Our library construction methods are modeled after the Moulder and Barstead protocol (http://www.mutantfactory.ouhsc.edu/protocols.asp), while our mutagenesis protocol is modified from the method developed by Shohei Mitani.
We have also released an updated version of a web-accessible program that uses information in ACeDB to design PCR primers for gene knockout experiments (http://ko.cigenomics.bc.ca/oligos.shtml) and a searchable database of pre-designed knockout primer sets for standard and "poison primer" PCR screening (http://ko.cigenomics.bc.ca/oligodb.shtml).