Table I.
Effects of Injection of Antisense RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans
RNA injected | Number of worms injected | Average percentage of lethality ± SE | Average brood size ± SE | Abnormal anaphase figures/number observed | ||||
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Antisense CZW-1 | 25 | 19 ± 2.2 | 55.4 ± 4.2 | 27/81 (33%) | ||||
Sense par-2 | 8 | 47 ± 91 | 146.1 ± 16.3 | ND | ||||
Water | 11 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 173.5 ± 6.8 | 3/96 (3%) |