Latest enhancements will allow researchers to use comparative genomics in their discovery process more easily than before
Applied Biosystems has recently released an enhanced version of the Celera Discovery System (CDS) online platform, which now includes an individual subscription model for academic researchers.
Subscribers save time and money through online access to an integrated set of high quality data and analysis tools, thus eliminating the need for data infrastructure development and maintenance.
The latest enhancements will allow researchers to use comparative genomics in their discovery process more easily than before.
The new release of the CDS has an interactive Map Viewer that has been updated to give customisable graphic displays for comparative genomics studies. It also allows researchers to conduct Blast searches in batch mode and customise data views, from entire chromosomes to the single nucleotide level.
Other features include curated human and mouse gene databases, updated sequence analysis tools, protein libraries for functional predictions and links to the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD), Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM), Swiss-Prot and LocusLink databases.
These enhancements are intended to aid high throughput analysis and allow subscribers to analyse biological relationships within any region of the human or mouse genomes.
More than 250 institutions worldwide currently subscribe to the CDS, including pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and academic organisations.
New subscriptions to the CDS online platform will now be available to researchers at academic and non-profit institutions through a single-user, one-year subscription agreement.
These researchers can easily begin the subscription process online through the CDS website.
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