Gene silencing methods
US6531647B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 22, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8218
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed are methods for silencing a target nucleotide sequence (preferably representing one or more endogenous genes, preferably in a systemic fashion) which is present in a first part of the plant, which method comprises transiently introducing into the cytoplasm of a cell in a second part of the plant, which cell comprises a nucleic acid encoding the target sequence and which is remote from said first part of the plant, a nucleic acid construct.
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