modification of the specificity of non-coding plant RNA molecules to silence gene expression

摘要

modification of the specificity of non-coding plant RNA molecules to silence gene expression, by means of a method applied to a gene that encodes or is processed in a non-coding RNA molecule that has no RNA silencing activity in a plant cell. the method comprises introducing into the plant cell a dna editing agent that confers a specificity of silencing of the non-coding rna molecule in relation to a target rna of interest. a method of modifying a gene that encodes or processes an RNA silencing molecule in a plant cell is also disclosed. the method comprises introducing a dna editing agent into the plant cell that redirects the silencing specificity of the non-coding rna molecule towards a target rna of interest. plant cells, plant seeds, plants and plant generation methods are also disclosed.