MPSS™ definition
MPSS™ means Solexa’s Massively Parallel Signature Sequencing technology involving the solid phase cloning of nucleic acids on beads and its applications, as further described at the Solexa internet site, h▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇/page/mpss. For example, and as further described at this site, MPSS™ is applied by Solexa to identify and count the expressed sequence tags, each at least 17 bases long, in an mRNA Sample. Other applications of MPSS include small RNA MPSS to identify and count small RNAs in an RNA Sample. As used herein, “MPSS Services” means the application of MPSS technology by Solexa to a customer’s or collaborator’s samples to generate sequence tag data that is shared with such customer or collaborator.