Image-Based Screening for Stress Granule Regulators.

Methods Mol Biol

Division of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim Institute for Innate Immunoscience (MI3), Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.

Published: February 2022

Stress granule (SG)-based RNA interference (RNAi) screening is a powerful method to discover factors that control protein synthesis and aggregation, as well as regulators of SG assembly and disassembly. Here, we describe how to set up and optimize a large-scale siRNA screen, and give a detailed outline for the automated quantification of SGs as a visual readout. Hit evaluation via calculated Z scores provides a list of candidates for further in-depth studies.

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