NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) –Dow AgroSciences will develop synthetic promoter firm Synpromics' technology for applications in plant science under a collaboration announced today.
An initial proof of concept project with Dow Agro has begun to demonstrate the applicability of Synpromics' technology in certain crops, Synpromics said. Financial and other terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"Technologies such as those developed by Synpromics can significantly enhance Dow AgroSciences' tool kit for developing improved crops," Daniel Kittle, vice president of R&D for Dow AgroSciences, said in a statement. "Synthetic promoters in the agricultural industry have significant potential to accelerate the gene discovery and product development of new traits."
Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, Synpromics develops synthetic promoters for applications in diagnostics development, gene therapeutics, and research use. A synthetic promoter is a regulatory DNA sequence created by picking out the regulatory regions in a gene, chopping them up, and then putting them back together.