The Third Japanese C. elegans Meeting

 

                                                                         L=Long talk: 12 min talk + 3 min discussion

                                                                                                                  S=Short talk:  9 min talk + 3 min discussion

 

August 6, 2002  (Tuesday)

10:00-11:00              Registration                                             

                                                                                                 

11:00-11:10              Announcement from the Meeting Organizers                                                       

                                                                                                 

Session #1              Development I              (Chaired by Ichiro Kawasaki, 11:10-12:43)                                                       

11:10     L     01 兼松　大介     富山大学・院・理工  :  Daisuke Kanematsu, Yasuji Sakube, Ritsu Kuroda, Hiroaki Kagawa, Hideyo Kuroda:  Is IP₃ Receptor or Ryanodine Receptor Involved in a Transient Increase of Cytosolic Ca²⁺ Concentration during Fertilization of C. elegans Oocyte?

 

11:25     L     02 杉山　由樹     横浜市大・医     : Yuki Sugiyama, Asuka Nishimura,  Shigeo Ohno : RAB-5, the C. elegans homologue of the small GTPase RAB5, regulates distributions of polarity proteins and nuclear morphology in early embryos.

 

11:40     L     03 西村　明日香  横浜市大・医     :  Asuka Nishimura, Yuki Sugiyama, Shigeo Ohno:  A search for a novel partner of atypical protein kinase C, a polarity protein required for the establishment of cell polarity.

 

11:55     L     04 長谷川　浩一  中部大・生物機能開発研  :  Koichi Hasegawa, Kazuyoshi Futai, Satsuki Miwa,  Johji Miwa :  Embryogenesis of the nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus.

 

12:10     S     05 杉本　亜砂子  理研・CDB: Yoshiko Mito, Asako Sugimoto, Masayuki Yamamoto: Two homologs of a cohesin subunit Scc1/Rad21 play distinct functions in the development of C. elegans.

 

12:21     S     06 安達　佳樹     国立遺伝研・生物遺伝資源情報 :  Yoshiki Andachi :  Two hybrid analysis for TBX-9 interacting proteins.

 

12:32     S     07 鈴木　優香     東京大・院・薬 : Yuka Suzuki, Takao Inoue, Junken Aoki, Hiroyuki Arai:     A mutation in ltp-2 gene causes a cold-sensitive larval arrest.                                  

12:43                                 break

                                                       

Session #2              Nervous System I : Sensory Systems  (Chaired by Toshihiro Sassa, 14:00-15:33)                                                                                                  

14:00     L     08 奥村　将年     名古屋・院・理  : Masatoshi Okumura, Kotaro Kimura, Ikue Mori: EAT-16/RGS regulates thermotaxis in olfactory neurons and the frequency of reversal movement in command interneurons.

 

14:15     S     09 太田　茜     名古屋大・院・理     : Akane Ohta, Masatoshi Okumura, Yoshifumi Okochi, Kotaro Kimura, Ikue Mori  :       More on thermotaxis-defective mutants: dgk-1 affects thermotaxis but not other amphid-related sensory behaviors.

 

14:26     L     10 大河内　善史  名古屋大・院・理     : Yoshifumi Okochi, Kotaro Kimura, Ikue Mori :     TTX-4 nPKC-epsilon is required for diverged signalings in different sensory neurons.

 

14:41     S     11 久原　篤     名古屋大・院・理     Atsushi Kuhara,  Ikue Mori : CaM kinase II UNC-43 positively regulates neuronal activity of AFD thermosensory neurons.

 

14:52     S     12 桂　勲         国立遺伝研・構造遺伝セ  : Isao Katsura, Takeshi Ishihara, Norio Suzuki, Kohji Miyahara, Kiyotaka Ohkura, Tomoko Yabe : Synthetic Dauer-constitutive Phenotype: a Paradigm of Genetic Interaction.

 

15:03     L     13 川村　清     慶應大・理工     : Kiyoshi Kawamura, Ken-ichi Oshio, Satoru Morita, Yuko Osana,  Kotaro Oka :  Pathways from sensory neurons to motor neurons determined by McCulloch-Pitts algorithm.

 

15:18     L     14 岩崎 唯史     茨城大・ 工　:  Yuishi Iwasaki, Sohei Gomi : Stochastic method to predict synaptic signs in a partial neural network of C. elegans.

 

15:33                                 break                                                       

                                                                                                 

Session #3              Genome  (Chaired by Hidehito Kuroyanagi, 15:53-16:49)                                                                                                                             

15:53     L     15 能村　卓慈     岡山大・自然科学: Takuji Yoshimura, Tomoyo Hamada, Hiroaki Kagawa: Analysis of a cross-reacting protein to anti-ryanodine-receptor antibody of Caenorhabditis elegans.

 

16:08     S     16 國友　博文     東京大・遺伝子  : Hirofumi Kunitomo,  Yuichi Iino: Enrichment of tissue-specific transcripts in Caenorhabditis elegans by the targeted pull-down of poly(A) tails.

 

16:19     L     17 丸山　理香     理研・CDB     : Rika Maruyama, Naoko Sakumoto, Nobuko Uodome, Yumi Iida, Yuji Kohara, Asako Sugimoto :  Genome-wide RNAi screen for genes required for embryonic morphogenesis and postembryonic development.

 

16:34     L     18 高島　康郎     岡山大・院・自然科学　: Yasuo Takashima, Tetsuya Bando, Hiromi Terami,  Hiroaki Kagawa:     Molecular analysis of the repetitive palindrome sequence bs258 in the Caenorhabditis elegans genome.

                                                                                                 

                                                                                                 

August 7, 2002  (Wednesday)

                                                                                                 

Session #4              Nervous System II : Neuronal Modulation (Chaired by Ken-ichi Ogura, 9:00-10:33)                                                                                   

9:00  L 19 久納　淨     金沢大・医     : Toshihiro Sassa, Kiyoshi Kunoh, Kiyoshi Kita, Ayanori Yamakawa, Keiichiro Kitamura, Ryuji Hosono  :  The hab-1 gene, essential for normal habituation behavior, encodes one of mitochondrial complex I subunits.

 

9:15  L 20 広津　崇亮     東京大・遺伝子  : Takaaki Hirotsu ,  Yuichi Iino:      The Ras-MAPK signal transduction pathway is important for olfactory plasticity.

 

9:30  L 21 虎山　一郎     総研大・院・ 生命  : Ichiro Torayama, Takeshi Ishihara, Isao Katsura : Isolation and Analysis of Mutants Defective in Olfactory Learning Behavior in C. elegans.

 

9:45  S 22 富岡　征大     東京大・遺伝子    : Masahiro Tomioka, Hirofumi Kunitomo, Yuichi Iino  :     The insulin-like signaling pathway participates in learning in salt chemotaxis.

 

9:56  L 23 毛利　亮子     名古屋大・院・理  : Akiko Mohri, Mizuho Koike, Kotaro Kimura, Ikue Mori  : Behavioral analysis and cloning of novel mutants defective in neural modulation: temperature avoidance behavior induced by starvation.

 

10:11     S     24 児玉　英志     名古屋大・院・理  : Eiji Kodama, Takafumi Mizuno, Akiko Mohri, Kotaro Kimura, Ikue Mori  :  Isolation and analysis of novel mutants that cannot associate cultivation temperature memory with feeding state.

 

10:22     S     25 石原　健     国立遺伝研・構造遺伝セ : Takeshi Ishihara, Keiko Gengyo-Ando, Shohei Mitani, Yuichi Iino, Akiko Mohri, Ikue Mori, Isao Katsura:  Searching for a protein interacting with HEN-1, which regulates sensory integration and learning in Caenorhabditis elegans.

 

10:33                                 break                                                       

                                                                                                 

Session #5              Stress and Aging              (Chaired by Yusuke Kato, 10:53-12:18)                                                                                                 

10:53     S     26 近藤　雅紀     東海大・医       : Masaki Kondo, Sumino Yanase, Takamasa Ishii,  Naoaki Ishii  : The role of a DAF-16 transcription factor to oxidative stress in C. elegans.

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11:04     S     27 簗瀬　澄乃     東海大・医     : Sumino Yanase, Kayo Yasuda,  Naoaki Ishii : Adaptive responses to oxidative damage in three mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans (age-1, mev-1 and daf-16) that affect life span.

 

11:15     S     28 本田　陽子     都老人研・老化レドックス制御:  Yoko Honda ,  Shuji Honda:  Effects of the gene disruption of two Mn-SOD isoforms on oxidative stress sensitivity, dauer formation and life span in Caenorhabditis elegans.

 

11:26     L     29 井上　英樹     名古屋大・院・理 : Hideki Inoue, Miho Tanaka-Hino, Makoto Fukuda, Eisuke Nishida, Naoki Hisamoto, Kunihiro Matsumoto: C. elegans p38 MAPK cascade mediates arsenical stress response.

 

11:41     L     30 丁　震  東京大・院・医: Zhen Ding, Keiko Gengyo-Ando, Shohei Mitani, Yasuo Ihara: Attempt to create taupathy in C. elegans.

 

11:56     S     31 小山　彰比古  　東京大・院・薬 : Akihiko Koyama, Tomoki Kuwahara, Keiko Gengyo-Ando, Shohei Mitani, Takeshi Iwatsubo  : Transgenic C. elegans overexpressing human alpha-synuclein as a model of human synucleinopathies.

 

12:07     S     32 三枝　徹     北里大・医療系・院     : Tetsu Saigusa, Motohide Yamamoto, Yoshishige Kimura, Akihiro Tanakadate, Masatoshi Hagiwara, Naoaki Ishii, Kenji Hasegawa : Circadian behavioral rhythm in C. elegans.

 

12:18                                 break                                                       

                                                                                                 

Session #6      Development II (Chaired by Yoshishige Kimura, 13:33-14:59)

                                                                     

13:33     L     33 澤　真理子     東京大・医科研 : Mariko Sawa, Shiro Suetsugu, Asako Sugimoto, Hiroaki Miki, Masayuki Yamamoto, Tadaomi Takenawa:   Essential role of Arp2/3 complex in cell migration during ventral enclosure in C. elegans.

 

13:48     L     34 井上　貴雄     東京大・院・薬: Takao Inoue, Yuka Suzuki, Junken Aoki, Asako Sugimoto, Masayuki Yamamoto, Masafumi Tsujimoto, Hiroyuki Arai  :     paf-2 RNAi induces abnormal hypodermal organization during elongation process in C. elegans.

 

14:03     L     35 糠塚　明     名古屋大・院・理      : Akira Nukazuka, Zhicen Liu, Mie Chikuma, Rie Kurokawa, Takashi Fujii, Hajime Fujisawa, Shin Takagi :  Roles of C. elegans Rac proteins in the epidermal morphogenesis.

 

14:18     S     36 荒田　幸信     理研・CDB　: Yukinobu Arata, Hiroko Kouike, Hideyuki Okano, Hitoshi Sawa:     psa-3, ceh-20, and nob-1 regulate asymmetric cell division.

 

14:29     L     37 澤　斉  理研・CDB : Akinori Yoda, Hiroko Kouike, Hideyuki Okano, Hitoshi Sawa:  The transcriptional Mediator complex functions in Wnt, Notch and Ras signaling pathways and may integrate the pathways during the vulval development.

 

14:44     L     38 板東　哲哉     岡山大・院・自然科学 :     Tetsuya Bando, Hiroaki Kagawa :  Homeotic proteins, MAB-18 and CEH-14 bidirectionally regulate dauer specific collagen and spermatheca specific protein in Caenorhabditis elegans.

 

14:59                                 break                                                       

                                                                                                 

Session #7      Muscle (Chaired by Ikue Mori, 15:19-16:30)

                                                                                                 

15:19     L     39 Donald G. Moerman   Univ. British Columbia・Dept. Zoology : Donald G. Moerman, Kenneth Norman, Shaun Cordes, Teresa Rogalski, Hiroshi Qadota　:  Sarcomere assembly in C. elegans muscle.

 

15:34     L     40 門田　裕志     Univ. British Columbia・Dept. Zoology :  Hiroshi Qadota,  Donald G. Moerman:  A protein interaction matrix for an integrin adhesion complex within C. elegans muscle.

 

15:49     L     41 香川　弘昭     岡山大・理     : Hiroaki Kagawa, Akwasi Anyanful, Hiromi Terami, Yasuji Sakube :  Tissue and stage specific expression controls of the Caenorhabditis elegans muscle genes.

 

16:04     L     42 高谷　智英     岡山大・理     : Tomohide Takaya, Hiromi Terami, Tetsuya Bando,  Hiroaki Kagawa :     Mutant analysis of the body wall Troponin C of Caenorhabditis elegans.

 

16:19     S     43 作部　保次     岡山大・自然科学  : Yasuji Sakube, Tomoyo Hamada, Hiroaki Kagawa:  Interaction between ryanodine receptor and ERM-1, ezrin/radixin/moesin homolog in Caenorhabditis elegans.                             

                                                                                                 

16:30-18:00              Discussion Time for Poster Presentations              (at Symposion Hall)                                 

                                                                                                 

18:30                                 Banquet                                               

                                                                                                 

August 8, 2002  (Thursday)

                                         

Session #8      Nervous System III  (Chaired by Kouichi Iwasaki, 9:00-10:37)

                           

9:00  L 44 ピアス-下村、ジョン  UCSF・Gallo Center: Jon Pierce-Shimomura, Andrew Davies, Hongkyun Kim, Tod R. Thiele, Antonello Bonci, Steve McIntire :  Behavioral responses to ethanol are mediated by a BK potassium channel in C. elegans.

 

9:15  S 45 黒柳　秀人     東京医科歯科大・院・医歯Hidehito KUROYANAGI,  Shigeo OKABE : Visualization of Synaptic Protein Dynamics in C. elegans.

 

9:26  L 46 坂本　リエ     名古屋大・院・理　: Rie Sakamoto, Masato Kawasaki, Dana Thyra Byrd, Yishi Jin, Naoki Hisamoto, Kunihiro Matsumoto :  A JNK/UNC-16 signaling complex regulates synaptic vesicle localization through a conventional kinesin in C. elegans.

 

9:41  L 47 倉又　恵美子  横浜市大・医: Emiko Kuramata, Ken-ichi Ogura, Shohei Mitani, Keiko Gengyo-Ando, Yoshio Goshima:  Functional analysis of C. elegans filamin that interacts with UNC-33.

 

9:56  S 48 坪井　大輔     名古屋大・院・医  : Daisuke Tsuboi, Takao H. Hikita, Mutsuki Amano, Hiroshi Qadota, Kozo Kaibuchi:  Identification of UNC-33 interacting molecules by the yeast two-hybrid system.

 

10:07     L     49 小倉　顕一     横浜市大・医  : Ken-ichi Ogura, Yoshio Goshima  : LET-92, a catalytic subunit of protein phophatase 2A is required for axon guidance of C. elegans.

 

10:22     L     50 笹倉　寛之     名古屋大・院・理 : Hiroyuki Sasakura, Hitoshi Inada, Atsushi Kuhara, Ikue Mori:  Isolation and analysis of mutants defective in AFD thermosensory neuron development.

 

10:37                                 break                                                       

                                                                                                 

Session #9      Development III  (Chaired by Yoko Honda, 11:07-11:40 )                           

                                         

11:07     S     51 鈴木　教郎     理研・CDB     :  Norio Suzuki,  Kiyoji Nishiwaki  :  Molecular analysis of mig-22 required for directional migration of distal tip cells.

 

11:18     S     52 高崎　輝恒     神戸大・自然科学 : Teruaki Takasaki , Masaki Fujita , Noboru Nakajima, Taizo Kawano, Yoshiro Shimura, Hiroshi Sakamoto:  MRG-1, a mortality factor-related protein, is required maternally for primordial germ cells to initiate mitotic proliferation in C. elegans.

 

11:29     S     53 川崎　一郎     国立遺伝研・生物遺伝資源情報: Ichiro Kawasaki, Junko Kajiwara,  Yuji Kohara :     Systematic RNAi Analysis of Genes Expressed in Primordial Germ Cells, Z2 and Z3.                             

                                                                                                 

11:40-12:10                            General Meeting                                                       

                                                                                                 

Session #10     Signal Transduction  (Chaired by Hitoshi Inada,  13:25-14:31)                           

                           

13:25     S     54 木村　芳滋     東京医科歯科大・難治疾患研  : Yoshishige Kimura, Ethan E. Corcoran, Koh Eto, Keiko Gengyo-Ando, Masa-aki Muramatsu, Ryoji Kobayashi, Jonathan H. Freedman, Shohei Mitani, Anthony R. Means, Hiroshi Tokumitsu, Masatoshi Hagiwara :  Regulation of transcriptional activity of CREB in neurons of C. elegans.

 

13:36     S     55 広瀬　隆     大阪大・微研 :      Takashi Hirose,  Masato Okada :     Identification of src family kinases and csk in C. elegans.

 

13:47     S     56 漆山　誠一     東京医科歯科大・難治疾患研: S.Urushiyama, N. Hisamoto, M.Yamada, K. Shirakabe, B. Bowerman , J. Tsuji, H. Shibuya,  K. Matsumoto :  WRM-1 and SGG-1 interactors isolated from two-hybrid screening.

 

13:58     S     57 佐々　壽浩  金沢大・医: Toshihiro Sassa, Keiko Gengyo-Ando, Shohei Mitani, Hiroyuki Fujimoto, Ryuji Hosono  :  The biological functions of protein phosphatase 1 (CePP1) in mitosis  and behaviors.

 

14:09     S     58 小林　由加子  東京医科歯科大・難治疾患研: Y. Kobayashi, S. Urushiyama, M. Yamada , H. Shibuya : TIF-1, a E3 ubiquitin ligase, regulates dauer formation in C. elegans.

 

14:20     S     59 矢部　智子     国立遺伝研・構造遺伝セ  : Tomoko Yabe, Norio Suzuki, Takeshi Ishihara, Isao Katsura:     Analysis of synthetic dauer constitutive mutants.

 

14:31                                 Closing Remarks             

 

                                         

 

Poster Session

 (Posters will be available for viewing from 6^th August PM- 8^th August AM, at Symposion Hall)                                                                                         

P01   山中　邦俊     熊本大・発生医学セ     : Kunitoshi Yamanaka, Tomoko Yamada-Inagawa, Yoshiko Okubo, Teru Ogura : AAA family proteins related to human genetic diseases in C. elegans.

 

P02   安藤　恵子     東京女子医科大・医: Keiko Gengyo-Ando, Etsuko Machiyama, Sachiko Noguchi, Shohei Mitani : Analysis of the C. elegans Sec1/Munc-18 family Involved in Membrane Trafficking.

 

P03   相川　順一     理研・細胞生化     : Jun-ichi Aikawa, Sara Nishioka, Kyoko Kojima-Aikawa ,  Masafumi Tsujimoto : Studies on biosynthesis of heparan sulfate and their binding proteins.

 

P04   坂田　和実     岩手大・工     : Kazumi Sakata, Taro Ogurusu, Tokumitsu Wakabayashi, Katsunori Hoshi, Ryuzo Shingai : A Computer Simulation of the Nervous System of C. elegans.

 

P05   岩崎 唯史       茨城大・工     : Yuishi Iwasaki, Sohei Gomi : Stochastic method to predict synaptic signs in a partial neural network of C. elegans.

 

P06   岩崎 唯史       茨城大・工     : Ken-ichi Oshio, Satoru Morita, Yuko Osana, Yuishi Iwasaki, Sohei Gomi, Kazumi Omata, Eizo Akiyama, Kotaro Oka : Revision of synaptic connectivity database.

 

P07   洲崎　誠       名古屋大・院・理: Makoto Suzaki, Kotaro Kimura, Yoshifumi Okochi, Ikue Mori: Analysis of putative phosphorylation sites by TTX-4 nPKC-epsilon.

 

P08   谷澤　欣則     名古屋大・院・理: TANIZAWA Yoshinori, KUHARA Atsushi, INADA Hitoshi, KODAMA Eiji, MIZUNO Takafumi, MORI Ikue: Isolation of novel thermotaxis-defective mutants: Toward understanding thermotaxis specific signaling pathways, learning and memory.

 

P09   宮良　晶子     名古屋大・院・理　: Akiko Miyara, Yoshifumi Okochi, Masatoshi Okumura, Ikue Mori:  Analysis of novel thermotaxis-defective mutants: nj34, nj35, nj41 and nj42:

 

P10   水野　貴文     名古屋大・院・理: Takafumi MIZUNO, Eiji KODAMA, Akiko MOHRI, Ikue  MORI:     Behaviour analysis of aho mutants.

 

P11   鴻　宗義        東京大・院・理: Muneyoshi Otori, Takeshi Karashima, Masayuki Yamamoto: Identification and Comparison of C. briggsae and C. remanei homologs of C. elegans daz-1

 

P12   笹川　洋平     東北大・生命科学     : Yohei Sasagawa, Takeshi Urano, Yuji Kohara, Hideyuki Takahashi,  Atsushi Higashitani : Caenorhabditis elegans CeRBX1 is essential for diverse functions in mitotic chromosomal condensation and segregation, histone H3 phosphorylation, cell proliferation and meiosis.

 

P13   古屋　美和     理研・CDB  : Miwa Furuya, Muneyoshi Otori, Masayuki Yamamoto,  Asako Sugimoto:     Characterization of C. elegans chromosomal deficiency mutants which cause abnormal patterns of programmed cell death during embryogenesis.

 

P14   大浪　修一     慶應大・院・理工: Shuichi Onami, Shugo Hamahashi, Shinichi Shibata, Yoshiko Kitamura,  Eriko Masuda:     Cell Lineage Analysis using Automatic Cell Lineage　Extraction System.

 

P15   森部　弘樹     大阪大・微研     : Hiroki Moribe, John Yochem, Toyoshi Fujimoto, Hiromi Yamada, Yo Tabuse,  Eisuke Mekada:  TSP-15, a tetraspanin protein is required for the maintenance of epidermal integrity in C. elegans.

 

P16   井上　忠雄     福山大・工: Tadao Inoue, Youji Fukunaga, Johji Miwa, Yasunori Yamaguchi: Environmental stresses affect the daf-21 (hsp90) mRNA level in Caenorhabditis elegans.

 

P17   久保田　幸彦     理研・CDB　: Yukihiko Kubota, Norio Suzuki, Kiyoji Nishiwaki:  mig-29 encodes a SEC34 vesicle trafficking protein required for cell migration in C. elegans.

 

P18   劉　致岑       名古屋大・院・理 : Zhicen Liu, Rie Kurokawa, Takashi Fujii, Yuji Kohara, Hajime Fujisawa, Shin Takagi :  PLX-1 plays an essential role in Vulva Precursor Cell positioning.

 

P19   吉名　佐和子     東京薬科大・生化     : Sawako Yoshina, Hideshi Inoue, Kenji Takahashi: Serine Proteases of Family S9 are Involved in Gonadal Migration.

 

P20   加藤　祐輔     （独）農業生物資源研・発生機構 :     Hong Zhang,  Yusuke Kato : Immune defense of worms: ASABF-type antimicrobial peptide is a key to reveal  phylogenetic relationship of immunity in lower invertebrates?

 

P21   加藤　祐輔     （独）農業生物資源研・発生機構     : Satoshi Ueno, Ajitha Pillai, Takao Igarashi, Yusuke Kato  : Immune defense of worms: ASABF-epsilon and zeta, and ASABF-6Cys-alpha, novel members of ASABF-type antimicrobial peptides in Ascaris suum.

 

P22   近藤　和典     創価大・工     : Kazunori Kondo, Shinya Watanabe, Shoko Nishihara: Cloning and characterization of O-fucosyltransferase in C. elegans.

 

P23   久本　直毅     名古屋大・院・理: Naoki Hisamoto, Kenji Nishide,  Kunihiro Matsumoto : Survey of components of JNK/p38 MAP kinase cascades in C. elegans.

 

P24   内田　真啓     理研・CDB　: Masahiro Uchida, Hisako Takeshita, Hideyuki Okano, Hitoshi Sawa　:     Identification of novel genes that regulate asymmetric cell division in Caenorhabditis elegans.

 

P25   大石　久美子     理研・CDB　: Kumiko Oishi, Hisako Takeshita, Hideyuki Okano, Hitoshi Sawa :  Molecular and phenotypic characterization of two novel mutants defective in asymmetric cell division in C. elegans.

 

P26   藤田　正樹     理研・CDB　: Masaki Fujita , Hisako Takeshita , H Robert Horvitz,  Hitoshi Sawa:     Analyses of two novel genes that regulate asymmetric cell division in C. elegans

 

P27   匹田　貴夫     名古屋大・院・医:  Takao H. Hikita, Daisuke Tsuboi, Mutsuki Amano, Hiroshi Qadota, Kozo Kaibuchi :     Development of neuronal RNAi system.