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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Ming-bo Wang, Kaleen, AU;
Peter Waterhouse, Canberra, AU;
Inventors:
Ming-Bo Wang, Kaleen, AU;
Peter Waterhouse, Canberra, AU;
Assignee:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Campbell, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
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.