September 30th, 1999

[1:45 PM] Listen Up Genetic Researchers: Gene Inspector Gets Major Upgraded

Textco, Inc. has announced a major upgrade to their genetic analyzing tool, Gene Inspector. The new version, 1.5 ads a host of new features. According to Textco

Textco, Inc. announces the release of Gene Inspector 1.5, a major upgrade that delivers a wide range of enhancements to the award-winning Gene Inspector 1.0. The GI 1.5 upgrade offers extensive drag and drop options, more multiple sequence alignment match and display options, and increased speed in its routines. There are over 640 different ways to display multiple sequence alignments to highlight exactly what the user wants to demonstrate. Users can select GI sequences to run SIGNALP protein searches, as well as BLAST, BLOCKS, FASTA, and GRAIL nucleic acid and protein searches over the Internet.

Gene Inspector 1.5 is a powerful, easy to learn and use combination electronic laboratory notebook and sequence analysis package for biologists available for Macintosh computers.

Gene Inspector's pricing starts at US$2,599, while academic pricing starts at US$1,899. The company is offering upgrade pricing at US$299 and is also offering specials through November 15th. The company has a comprehensive pricing list at their web site. You can find more information on the product at the company's web site.

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