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Silencing of the hydra serine protease inhibitor Kazal1 gene mimics the human SPINK1 pancreatic phenotype.
Journal of cell science - 1 Mar 2006
Chera Simona, de Rosa Renaud, Miljkovic-Licina Marijana, Dobretz Kevin, Ghila Luiza, Kaloulis Kostas, Galliot Brigitte
Abstract excerpt
In hydra, the endodermal epithelial cells carry out the digestive function together with the gland cells that produce zymogens and express the evolutionarily conserved gene Kazal1. To assess the hydra Kazal1 function, we silenced gene expression through double-stranded RNA feeding. A progressive Kazal1 silencing affected homeostatic conditions as evidenced by the low budding rate and the induced animal death....
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