Genome-wide genetic screening by RNAi—a glimpse of  the future

Anton Gartner
Abteilung Zellbiologie
Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie
Am Klopferspitz 18a
82152 Martinsried, Germany.
e-mail: gartner@biochem.mpg.de

The sequencing of entire genomes is uncovering thousands of new genes whose functions are entirely unknown. A new RNAi library covering most of the genes of the nematode C. elegans is opening up a new approach to assigning functions to genes in the worm.