Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or... – The polynucleotide encodes an inhibitory rna molecule
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-11
2011-11-29
Zheng, Li (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...
The polynucleotide encodes an inhibitory rna molecule
C800S279000, C800S288000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08067671
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to controlling plant pest infestation, and particularly plant nematode infestation, by inhibiting one or more biological functions in the plant pest. The invention discloses methods and compositions for use in controlling plant pest infestation by providing one or more different recombinant double stranded RNA molecules in the diet of the pest in order to achieve a reduction in pest infestation through suppression of pest gene expression. The invention is also directed to methods for making transgenic plants that express the double stranded RNA molecules, to methods for detecting cells comprising the disclosed sequences, and to methods for detecting the disclosed sequences in biological samples.
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Boukharov Andrey A.
Du Zijin
Guo Liang
Kovalic David K.
Lu Maolong
Monsanto Technology LLC
Robert, Esq. Erin C.
SNR Denton US LLP
Zheng Li
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