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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Charles Baulcombe, Norwich, GB;
Olivier Voinnet, Norwich, GB;
Carsten Werner Lederer, Norwich, GB;
Assignee:
Plant Bioscience Limited, Norfolk, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ;
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.