GenomeQuest, Inc. Announces GenomeQuest(TM) 4.0 Web Application for Sequence Search Analysts in Biotech Law and Research.GenomeQuest 4.0 Upgrade Unifies Public, Patent, Proprietary and In-House Sequence Information, Adds Web 2.0 Links, Feeds, Application Extensions, Tagging, Mashups, and Plug-Ins WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -- Seeking to expand beyond its commanding market position in gene patent and portfolio management information, GenomeQuest, Inc. is reaching out to biotech researchers with GenomeQuest[TM] 4.0, a new, web-enabled platform for genetic sequence data search and analysis. The new version fortifies the company's continuously expanding gene sequence information data set by enabling customers to add their in-house sequence data and annotations, creating a one-source solution for sequence search, content, and analysis. New features for biologists encourage homologous homologous /ho·mol·o·gous/ (ho-mol´ah-gus) 1. corresponding in structure, position, origin, etc. 2. allogeneic. ho·mol·o·gous adj. 1. sequence exploration and quickly disclose annotated biochemical and cell signaling Cell signaling is part of a complex system of communication that governs basic cellular activities and coordinates cell actions. The ability of cells to perceive and correctly respond to their microenvironment is the basis of development, tissue repair, and immunity as well as information related to sequences of interest. With Web 2.0 architecture and a new Application Programming Interface (API), GenomeQuest 4.0 supports sequence search application add-ons and web application features such as RSS feeds, tags, mashups, plug-ins, and widgets. "The principal value of the GenomeQuest application will continue to be its large, high-quality collection of gene sequence information," said Ronald Ranauro, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of GenomeQuest, Inc. "We have more annotations than RefSeq, more sequences than GenBank, continuously refreshed patent sequence data, and many additional sequence records from un-indexed sources that we've scanned in or entered and curated manually. Our new customers are always astounded a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, when they find that they can do an extremely complete search without looking all over the internet for sequence data. The unified data component and search functionality of GenomeQuest 4.0 relieves pain and uncertainty that everyone can relate to, whether their primary interest is intellectual property portfolio management or basic research," added Mr. Ranauro. To facilitate enterprise deployment and rapid uptake outside the GenomeQuest application's traditional legal-department stronghold, GenomeQuest in version 4.0 has been re-made as a web application with a published API. Every sequence record, search query and result in GenomeQuest 4.0 is a web page with a persistent Uniform Resource Locator On the Internet, a persistent uniform resource locator (PURL) is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) (i.e. location-based Uniform Resource Identifier or URI) that does not directly describe the location of the resource to be retrieved, but instead describes an intermediate (URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. ) and can be viewed in an internet browser See Web browser. window. GenomeQuest web pages can be bookmarked, linked, tagged, and e-mailed to colleagues. For the latest information and search query results, customers can re-visit the page, refresh it, or simply subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; its RSS feed. The new API New API (also referred to as NAPI) is an interface to use interrupt mitigation techniques for networking devices in the Linux kernel. Such an approach is intended to reduce the overhead of packet receiving. allows information technology professionals to customize their bioinformatics capabilities and leverage the GenomeQuest data resource by adding in-house applications to their own GenomeQuest installations. GenomeQuest 4.0 complies with web application standards, so customers can create and use GenomeQuest browser plug-ins, widgets, and mashups. New features in GenomeQuest 4.0 are designed to enable biologists to derive high value from GenomeQuest enterprise deployments. GenomeQuest 4.0 includes the ability to search multiple sequences simultaneously and combine the results in a single report, sequence annotation index expansion to include research-related fields, familiar keyword-based search query construction, sorting and grouping of search results according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. search parameters such as gene name and species, and result ranking according to research query relevance. "Biologists with access to GenomeQuest 4.0 don't have to deal with frustrating BLAST portals that search only certain databases and miss exact matches," said Michael McManus Michael McManus may refer to:
characterized by scour. scouring disease a colloquial name for secondary nutritional copper deficiency. the internet for data, or to master complicated query languages in order to ask a research question in an exact and accurate way." GenomeQuest 4.0 will be available for on-site enterprise installations under a variety of licensing options based on anticipated use. For sequence search analysts working individually, GenomeQuestLive! is a full-featured, hosted alternative solution accessible over a secure internet connection. GenomeQuest 4.0 and GenomeQuestLive! will be released in the summer of 2007. For installation requirements and licensing information, please send e-mail to contact-us@genomequest.com or visit http://www.genomequest.com/contact-us.html for the telephone number of the nearest GenomeQuest Inc. sales office. About GenomeQuest, Inc. GenomeQuest, Inc. is a leader in biological sequence search, content and analysis. Backed by an automatically-updated database that includes over 137 million sequence records, the company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , GenomeQuest[TM] 4.0, is a Web-based search and analysis application that provides scientists and IP professionals with one source for the most comprehensive, accurate and complete sequence information available. Leading life sciences companies and IP law firms rely on GenomeQuest 4.0 to help drive key scientific research and business decisions. GenomeQuest, Inc., is headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts. For more information, call (508) 616-0100, or visit www.genomequest.com. |
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