Roche Diagnostics to Make Its DNA Chip Available in Japan.Tokyo, Japan, May 11, 2006 - (JCN) - Roche Diagnostics announced on May 9 that it will launch AmpliChip CYP CYP - Calbayog, Philippines (Airport Code) CYP - Children and Young People (British Psychological Society) CYP - Commonwealth Youth Programme CYP - Cyclophilin (periplasmic protein) CYP - Cypress Technology, Inc. CYP - Cyprus CYP - Cyprus Airways (ICAO code) CYP - Cyprus Pound (Currency Unit) CYP - Cytochrome cytochrome /cy·to·chrome/ (si´to-krom) any of a class of hemoproteins, widely distributed in animal and plant tissues, whose main function is electron transport using the heme prosthetic group; distinguished according to their prosthetic groups, e.g., a, b, c, d, and P-450. P450 (biochemistry) 450, its proprietary DNA chip for gene polymorphism balanced polymorphism an equilibrium mixture of homozygotes and heterozygotes maintained by natural selection against both homozygotes. pol·y·mor·phism (p  l analysis, on May 11. The AmpliChip CYP 450, which was co-developed with Affymetrix, can detect polymorphisms in cytochrome P450, an enzyme related to drug metabolism. One unit (for 24 tests) sells for 1,423,800 yen ($12,600). A dedicated analyzer, the Affymetrix GCS 3000DX instrumentation system will be offered by Affymetrix Japan. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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