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Genethon to Use Hybrigenics Y2H Platform, Software for Muscular Dystrophy Research

Dec 21, 2005

NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (GenomeWeb News) - Genethon, a research center funded by the French Muscular Dystrophy Association, will use Hybrigenics' yeast two-hybrid screening platform to study muscle cell proteins, Hybrigenics said today.

 

Genethon conducted a pilot screening study with Hybrigenics in 2004 and 2005 that identified several proteins involved in muscular dystrophies, the company said. Genethon will now use the screening platform along with Hybrigenics' protein interaction mapping software, PIMRider, to discover interactions between the proteins.

 

Hybrigenics said that Genethon will use the technology to map "genome-wide interactomes" to study protein mechanisms. Under the agreement, all data will belong to Genethon.

 

France's Muscular Dystrophy Association provided €894,000, or $1.2 million, in funding to support the project.

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