Effecting virus resistance in plants through the use of negative strand RNAs
US6617496B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 1985 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2310/111
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A strategy for effecting virus resistance in plants causes the transcription in the plant cells of negative RNA strands which are substantially complementary to a target RNA strand. The target RNA strand can be an mRNA transcript created in gene expression, a viral RNA, or other RNA present in the plant cells. The negative RNA strand is complementary to at least a portion of the target RNA strand to inhibit its activity in vivo.
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