TABLE 1 | Available cell lines for RNAi in Drosophila melanogaster

From the following article:

High-throughput RNAi screening in cultured cells: a user's guide

Christophe J. Echeverri & Norbert Perrimon

Nature Reviews Genetics 7, 373-384 (May 2006)

doi:10.1038/nrg1836

Cell linesDescriptionReferences
Schneider derivatives (S2, S2*, S2-R+ and DL2)Embryonic, phagocytic, semi-adherent, round or flat74,75
KcEmbryonic, phagocytic, round76
Clone 8Imaginal discs, epithelial cells77
Primary cellsEmbryonic muscle cellsJ. Bai and N.P., unpublished observations
Primary cellsEmbryonic neuronsK. Sepp and N.P., unpublished observations
Clone 8 cells require transfection for efficient RNAi (Ref. 14). For details on transfection reagents see Ref. 34.

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