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Chapters
- 00:00Biolistic Gene Delivery and the Medicinal Leech
- 01:27Introduction
- 03:04The medicinal leech
- 08:33Preparing the Experimental Set Up
- 10:19Loading the gun with the pre-coated particles
- 11:17Animal preparation and delivery of dsRNA-coated particles
- 14:25Assessing knockdown gene delivery
- 15:13Conclusion
In this video, we show a procedure for an accurate biolistic delivery of reagents into live tissue with a novel miniature gene gun. We are knocking down the expression of the axon guidance molecule Netrin in leech embryos by delivering molecules of dsRNA into the ventral body wall and ganglia of single segments.
