PREMIER Biosoft International Releases Alleleid Version 7.01 Offering Enhanced Support For Custom MLPA(R) Probe Design

Palo Alto, California – March 5, 2009 PREMIER Biosoft International today announced the world wide release of AlleleID version 7.01. AlleleID, the suite for qPCR and microarrays, now includes support for the latest design guidelines laid down by MRC-Holland, the inventors of the technology. MLPA® is an easy-to-use molecular biology technique which has been gaining attention especially for studies of DNA copy number changes.

With this release, AlleleID now also supports the UCSC genome browser file format, developed and maintained by the Genome Bioinformatics Group, University of California at Santa Cruz. AlleleID 7.01 includes a greatly enhanced automatic homology avoidance algorithm that enables users to design assays with greater specificity, avoiding unrelated SNPs at the same time.

For details, please visit: http://www.premierbiosoft.com/bacterial-identification/realtime-PCR/mlpa.html

About PREMIER Biosoft International:

Founded in 1994, the company is a group of computer scientists and molecular biologists dedicated to producing cutting-edge intuitive software for the molecular biologist. The goal of the company is to study the most recent innovations in molecular biology and translate them into software products that aid biologists. Additional information about PREMIER Biosoft International is available at http://www.PremierBiosoft.com.

About MRC-Holland

MRC-Holland published its first article about MLPA® technology in 2002 and since then, its product range has grown explosively. The company now offers well over a 200 different MLPA® tests for a wide range of applications, from rare genetic diseases to tumor analysis. MRC-Holland aims to make the MLPA® technology available to all scientists and works in close collaboration with researchers around the world. More information about MRC-Holland can be found on www.MLPA.com.

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