Reverse Genetic Approaches to Investigate the Neurobiology of the Cnidarian Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis
| Autor: | Jamie A. Havrilak, Michael J. Layden |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Systems neuroscience
0303 health sciences Gene knockdown animal structures food.ingredient biology Morpholino Neurogenesis Vertebrate Nematostella Sea anemone biology.organism_classification 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine food Evolutionary biology biology.animal Evolutionary developmental biology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery 030304 developmental biology |
| Zdroj: | Methods in Molecular Biology ISBN: 9781493997312 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-1-4939-9732-9_2 |
| Popis: | The cnidarian sea anemone Nematostella vectensis has grown in popularity as a model system to complement the ongoing work in traditional bilaterian model species (e.g. Drosophila, C. elegans, vertebrate). The driving force behind developing cnidarian model systems is the potential of this group of animals to impact EvoDevo studies aimed at better determining the origin and evolution of bilaterian traits, such as centralized nervous systems. However, it is becoming apparent that cnidarians have the potential to impact our understanding of regenerative neurogenesis and systems neuroscience. Next-generation sequencing and the development of reverse genetic approaches led to functional genetics becoming routine in the Nematostella system. As a result, researchers are beginning to understand how cnidarian nerve nets are related to the bilaterian nervous systems. This chapter describes the methods for morpholino and mRNA injections to knockdown or overexpress genes of interest, respectively. Carrying out these techniques in Nematostella requires obtaining and preparing embryos for microinjection, designing and generating effective morpholino and mRNA molecules with controls for injection, and optimizing injection conditions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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