US 2,003,180,945 Β· Filed 2003-03-12

Modified gene-silencing RNA and uses thereof

Methods and means for efficiently downregulating the expression of any gene of interest in eukaryotic cells and organisms are provided. To this end, the invention provides modified antisense and sense RNA molecules, chimeric genes encoding such modified antisense or sense RNA molecules and eukaryotic organisms such as plants, animals or fungi, yeast or molds, comprising the modified antisense and/or sense RNA molecules or the encoding chimeric genes.

Patent details

Publication number
US 2,003,180,945
Filing date
2003-03-12
Grant date
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Assignee
Ming-Bo Wang / Peter Waterhouse
Inventor(s)
WANG MING-BO, WATERHOUSE PETER
CPC class
C12N15/8249

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