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A METHOD FOR THE STABLE SUPPRESSION OF GENE ACTIVITY IN PLANTS

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Agency: National Science Foundation
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Agency Tracking Number: 5194
Amount: $40,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
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Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1987
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 Pamela Dunsmuir
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Abstract

ONE MAJOR LIMITATION TO PLANT VARIETY IMPROVEMENT VIA GENETIC ENGINEERING IS THE INABILITY TO SPECIFICALLY INACTIVATE GENES, EITHER PLANT GENES WHICH CONFER A DELETERIOUS PHENOTYPE, OR VIRAL GENES WHICH FUNCTION TO INITIATE THE INFECTION PROCESS. ADVANCED GENETIC SCIENCES, INC. PROPOSES TO EVALUATE A METHOD WHICH WILL ALLOW SUPPRESSION OF GENES IN A TISSUE-SPECIFIC AND REGULATED WAY. THE EXPERIMENT INVOLVES THE STABLE TRANSFORMATION OF TOBACCO PLANTS WHICH CARRIES A NOPALINE SYNTHASE (NOS) GENE, WITH A FUSION BETWEEN A LIGHT-INDUCIBLE, LEAF-SPECIFIC PROMOTER, AND THE INVERTED NOS GENE CODING REGION (IE. ANTI-SENSE STRAND). THE RESEARCHERS WILL TEST WHETHER THE PLANTS TRANSFORMED WITH THE ANTI-SENSE CONSTRUCTS HAVE DECREASED LEVELS OF NOS ACTIVITY, AND WHETHER THIS SUPPRESSION OF ACTIVITY IS REGULATED IN A MANNER WHICH CORRESPONDS WITH THE EXPRESSION OF THE ANTI-SENSE (IE. LIGHT REGULATED, LEAF-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION).

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