Functional genetics in the post-genomics era: building a better roadmap in Drosophila

Rob J Kulathinal

doi:10.1534/genetics.113.156497

Functional genetics in the post-genomics era: building a better roadmap in Drosophila

Genetics. 2013 Sep;195(1):7-8. doi: 10.1534/genetics.113.156497.

Author

Rob J Kulathinal¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122.

Abstract

In this commentary, Rob Kulathinal describes two articles from the Perrimon lab, each describing a new online resource that can assist geneticists with the design of their RNA interference (RNAi) experiments. Hu et al.'s "UP-TORR: online tool for accurate and up-to-date annotation of RNAi reagents" and "FlyPrimerBank: An online database for Drosophila melanogaster gene expression analysis and knockdown evaluation of RNAi reagents" are published, respectively, in this month's issues of GENETICS and G3.

Keywords: FlyPrimerBank; RNAi; Updated Targets of RNAi Reagents (UP-TORR); genetic map; genomic roadmap; model organism database; online resource.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Molecular Sequence Annotation / methods*
RNA Interference*
RNA, Small Interfering / genetics*
Software*

Substances

RNA, Small Interfering