Integrated Genomics and GATC Biotech Renew License of ERGO database to Degussa
Bioinformatics platform used for genomic and metabolic pathway analysis of bacteria
Integrated genomics, Inc. and GATC Biotech AG have licensed Integrated Genomics' proprietary ERGO database and genomic discovery system to Degussa AG. Under the terms of the agreement, Scientists of Degussa's Project House ProFerm will use the ERGO system to optimise their production strains and find new methods of high yield production of amino acids and other specialty chemicals.
Optimized for analysis of micro-organisms, ERGO integrates biological data from genomics, biochemistry, gene expression studies, genetics and literature. Reaching beyond conventional systems for functional analysis of DNA sequences, Integrated Genomics' platform combines pattern-based analysis with comparative genomics and enables visualization of genes in the contexts of regulation, gene expression data, phylogeny, chromosomal neighborhoods and identification of natural gene fusions. ERGO contains more than 900 genomes at various stages of completion, as well as the largest available collection of networked cellular pathways.
Degussa, Integrated Genomics and GATC expect the current project to run through 2006.
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