NEW YORK, March 1 – Lion Bioscience launched Thursday a version of its gene expression tools, arrayTAG and arrayBASE, for rat.
ArrayTAG, which consists of 10,000 cDNA clones is linked to the company’s annotation database, arrayBASE, which offers information about each clone. ArrayBASE is also linked to Lion’s analysis software, arraySCOUT.
In January Lion launched a similar system for mouse.
“Our arrayTAG and arrayBASE are important modules within our integrated expression profiling solution, which spans genomic content, data interpretation, target identification, and validation,” Jan Mous, Lion’s chief scientific officer, said in a statement. “Through this integrated information offering, Lion aims to improve efficiency and effectiveness of drug development for life science companies."
Lion of Heidelberg, Germany said it expects to release more non-redundant sets of arrayTAG of mouse and rat, as well as for other animal species, in the near future.
The company did not say how many customers it had for its microarray tools or disclose their price. A spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment.