Patents by Inventor Vanitharani Ramachandran

Vanitharani Ramachandran has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • siRNA-mediated inhibition of gene expression in plant cells
    Publication number: 20040261149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and methods of using the same to suppress or inhibit gene expression in plant cells. In particular, the present invention relates to siRNAs and methods that can be used to suppress or inhibit viral gene expression in plant cells. Still more particularly, the present invention relates to siRNAs and methods that can be used to suppress or inhibit geminiviral gene expression in plant cells. Of course, the siRNAs of the present invention could be used to generate plants that are resistant to geminiviral infection. In addition, methods of identifying specific compositions, or siRNAs, that can be used to inhibit gene expression in plant cells generally are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Claude M. Fauquet, Chellappan Padmanabhan, Vanitharani Ramachandran