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Revision as of 21:26, 19 September 2011
What?
In this project a novel small RNA technology for gene silencing in bacteria is developed. For more information see project overview.
Why?
Gene knockout is a fundamental technique in biology. It is currently a time-consuming process restricted to nonessential genes. For more perspectives see project vision.
How?
The developed technology consists of two small RNAs, which can be configured to target any gene by simply changing the sequence of the RNAs. The expression of the two RNAs controls the silencing of the target gene and can even target multiple targets.