Publisher's Synopsis
This conference brought together experts from a wide range of disciplines to discuss the mechanisms and applications of gene silencing. These included molecular biologists, microbiologists, biochemists and physiologists with interests in the plant, animal and medical sciences. The conference addressed the perplexing question of exactly how gene silencing occurs at the molecular level. Current theories were explored and a diverse range of experimental models to address this question were presented. Current and future applications of this technology in plant, animal and medical science were discussed. In particular the applications of gene silencing to induce viral resistance in plants and to treat cancers in animals were examined. Given the importance and wide spread application of gene silencing techniques this book should prove useful in a wide range of disciplines. Molecular biologists in particular would be attracted to this book but also those working in disciplines in which gene manipulation is proving a useful tool for the examination of gene function would also find it interesting. Finally those industries in the agricultural, food and pharmaceutical areas which are likely to benefit from the application of gene silencing will also find much to recommend in this book.
