Monsanto evaluated Gentana's iGentifier technology platform for gene expression profiling related to Monsanto's seed business, delivering a positive report to Gentana
Gentana says it has successfully completed a pilot study of its gene-mapping technology with Monsanto.
Monsanto evaluated Gentana's iGentifier technology platform for gene expression profiling related to Monsanto's seed business, delivering a positive report to Gentana.
Open-profiling systems, such as iGentifier, are helpful tools for mapping genes when gene sequence information is sparse.
"The life science industries are increasingly recognising the importance of open gene expression profiling technologies for developing new products," Gentana's chief executive officer Jurgen Bauer said.
"We are very pleased that Monsanto, as one of the world's leading agricultural biotechnology companies, evaluated our novel technology platform.
"The successful completion of this study is a cornerstone in Gentana's development toward becoming a leading provider for open gene expression profiling solutions".
iGentifier is described as a unique technology platform for open gene expression profiling, combining the advantages of virtually all open expression profiling technologies that have been developed previously.
It is said to be the first cost-effective solution supporting comprehensive expression profiling studies of any number of samples.
Compared to conventional technologies, iGentifier offers advantages in robustness, reliability and sensitivity.
It can detect subtle changes in gene expression and allows even weakly expressed genes to be studied, says Gentana.
The iGentifier platform ensures transcript analysis that exceeds the limits of microarrays.
It is available as a customer in-house solution and as a full service.
The iGentifier platform is attractive to scientists in the agricultural, food, feed and pharmaceutical industries.
It enables customers to identify genes and biochemical pathways relevant to, e.g, plant, animal and fungal productivity, pathogenesis, resistance, and the response to stress factors.
