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Article: Paradigm Genetics Applies Industrialized Gene Function Alteration To Two Major Fungal Pathogens.
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- June 27, 2000
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- Discoveries Represent an Important Step in Functional Analysis
Of Key Fungal Targets -
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., June 27 /PRNewswire/ --
Paradigm Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDGM), a functional genomics company, today announced that it has successfully completed alterations or knock-outs in the genes of the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea, which significantly damages rice crops worldwide. In addition, the Company has completed alterations in 70% of the genes of the pathogen Septoria tritici, which causes serious damage in wheat. This achievement represents a significant advance in the Company's Microbial Pathogen Program, which is ...