RAPID METHOD FOR GENERATING GENE KNOCK DOWN MODEL

摘要

The present invention provides a novel method of generating knock down models by electroporation of shRNA construct into the testis. The present invention provides an ethically superior, non-surgical, user friendly rapid method for the generation of permanent lines of shRNA knock down non human vertebrates. This invention is ethically superior as it does not involve any loss of animal life and drastically minimizes the production time and use of animals. Current techniques for making knockout models are cumbersome, require trained personnel, costly infrastructure and require hundreds of eggs collected after killing several females. In contrast, this method neither involves any costly infrastructure nor requires trained personnel. The invention also relates to the quick incorporation of shRNA gene construct into the germline of a species so that shRNA is inheritable. The present invention also generates in a single go a variety of knock down models differentially expressing gene specific shRNA, depending on differential shRNA gene incorporation in native genome of various male germ cells, so that there is no restriction in the choice of the gene knock down.