Isolation and Characterization of ARGONAUTE Mutants in Chlamydomonas.

Random insertional mutagenesis and subsequent reverse genetic screening allow the isolation of mutants of interest. Here I describe the protocol for generating a tag insertion line and subsequent PCR-based screening for ARGONAUTE mutants as an example of a reverse genetic screen for the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.