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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2006
Richard William Carthew, Evanston, IL (US);
Young Sik Lee, Seoul, KR;
Dinari Harris, Chicago, IL (US);
Richard William Carthew, Evanston, IL (US);
Young Sik Lee, Seoul, KR;
Dinari Harris, Chicago, IL (US);
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for altering (e.g., enhancing) RNAi. In particular, the present invention provides systems and methods for identifying regulators of RNAi. For example, the present invention provides RNAi regulators (e.g., HPS1 and HPS4) and methods of altering (e.g., inhibiting) these regulators in order to alter (e.g., enhance) RNAi. The present invention also provides methods of identifying inhibitors (e.g., small molecule, nucleic acid (e.g., siRNA), and antibody) of RNAi regulators and methods of using the same (e.g., to enhance RNAi). Compositions and methods of the present invention find use in research (e.g., functional genomics), therapeutic (e.g., drug discovery and delivery) and clinical applications.