Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Gene Silencing Control Method

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 19, 2007 ;     320 words ......of Chadds Ford, Pa., has developed a gene silencing control method. According to the U...invention relates to methods of controlling gene silencing using site-specific recombination...useful for conditional or regulated gene silencing in plants, comprising a suite of constitutive...

New Construct Approaches for Efficient Gene Silencing in Plants

Plant Physiology;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......antisense, and double-strand RNA-based gene silencing constructs is the transcriptional terminator...resulting convergent transcription triggers gene silencing that is at least as effective as unidirectional...sequences further increased the extent of gene silencing. This finding ...

Gene Silencing -- Discovery May be Boon to Agriculture

Yakima Herald-Republic;  December 1, 1998 ;     403 words ......Carrington's work explores a phenomenon called gene silencing. With gene silencing, a plant analyzes the genetic components of...proteins, which essentially silences the virus. Gene silencing is powerful because it lets a plant customize...

Indian researchers claim unraveling mystery behind gene silencing

Xinhua News Agency;  August 11, 2005 ;     293 words ......researchers claim unraveling mystery behind gene silencing NEW DELHI, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Researchers...to have unraveled the mystery behind gene silencing, paving the way for detecting the mechanisms...that prevents cancer in human beings. Gene silencing is the process of ...

PM's Science Prize awarded to gene silencing duo.

M2 Presswire;  September 19, 2007 ;     602 words ......2007-CSIRO: PM's Science Prize awarded to gene silencing duo(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...their discovery and development of a gene silencing mechanism that is causing a revolution...discovered double-stranded RNA-induced gene silencing in plants, a naturally occurring ...

Artificial trans-Acting siRNAs Confer Consistent and Effective Gene...

Plant Physiology;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......hairpin-based RNA interference, virus-induced gene silencing, and artificial microRNAs take advantage of endogenous posttranscriptional gene silencing pathways to block translation of designated...transcripts. Here we present a novel gene silencing method utilizing artificial ...

Benitec and Tranzyme Announce Collaboration Agreement for Gene Silencing...

PR Newswire;  February 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ......to jointly develop and market their gene silencing and gene delivery technologies. The...of Benitec's High Throughput (HTP) gene silencing technology announced on 7 January 2003...establishing partnerships that combine our gene silencing technology with novel and proprietary...

CSIRO releases gene silencing tools.

M2 Presswire;  February 27, 2003 ;     531 words ......February 2003-CSIRO: CSIRO releases gene silencing tools(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...Plant Industry, the tools - called gene-silencing vectors - allow high-throughput and highly efficient gene silencing. Scientists can now accurately...

RNAi and microarrays reveal biological pathways: the combination of RNAi...

R & D;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......confirming the specificity of siRNA-induced gene silencing. Genome-wide RNAI effects A number...researchers have found siRNA-induced gene silencing to be remarkably specific. In several...changes in gene expression. Controlling gene silencing Going forward, it is also critical...

CSIRO asserts ownership of gene silencing technology.

M2 Presswire;  June 25, 2003 ;     439 words ......2003-CSIRO: CSIRO asserts ownership of gene silencing technology(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...CSIRO researchers first demonstrated gene silencing in an organism by intentionally using...patent applications relating to the gene silencing field and holds a granted US patent...

CSIRO Releases Gene Silencing Tools.

PR Newswire;  February 27, 2003 ;     437 words ......Plant Industry, the tools -- called gene-silencing vectors -- allow high-throughput and highly efficient gene silencing. Scientists can now accurately...were developed to use with CSIRO's gene silencing technology, and are available free-of-ch...

Gene silencing produces disease resistance in plants

Resource;  January 1, 2002 ;     411 words ...A technique known as "gene silencing" has produced resistance to a...pomology department, discovered that gene silencing can be used to interrupt the...formation in crown gall disease. "Gene silencing is one of the most exciting things...

Gene silencing with PCR products. (Nucleic Acid Sequencing).

Bioscience Technology;  June 1, 2003 ;     95 words ......cassettes (SECs) that can be introduced into cells to induce gene silencing without prior cloning or sequencing. Because they are easy...subcloned into an appropriate vector for subsequent long-term gene silencing studies. Ambion, Inc., Austin, TX. 80-0-888-8804; ambion...

Computational Estimation and Experimental Verification of Off-Target...

Plant Physiology;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......application of posttranscriptional gene silencing (PTGS) for gene function study in both...suggest that a high risk of off-target gene silencing exists during PTGS in plants. Our siRNA...constructs for PTGS by minimizing off-target gene silencing in both plants and animals. ...

CSIRO Asserts Ownership of Gene Silencing Technology.

PR Newswire;  June 20, 2003 ;     333 words ......CSIRO researchers first demonstrated gene silencing in an organism by intentionally using...patent applications relating to the gene silencing field and holds a granted US patent...Industries (QDPI) in relation to certain gene silencing applications in animals. CSIRO is opposing...