Replicon

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.replicon.com
Employees: 125

Replicon replicates data to eliminate repeating work. The company develops project management software used in productivity and expense management applications. Its Web TimeSheet software is used to automate employee time and attendance, scheduling, and vacation balance tracking. The software is also used to track project billing, tasks, and progress. Customers have included Charles Schwab, Ernst & Young, Sony Music Entertainment, and Volvo. Founded in 1996 by husband and wife team (and Co-CEOs) Raj Narayanaswamy and Lakshmi Raj, Replicon has received backing from BDC Venture Capital Group.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $19.4M

Officers:
Chairman: Maury Parsons
Co-CEO and Director: Lakshmi Raj
Co-CEO and Director: Raj Narayanaswamy

Competitors:
Kronos
Sage Group
Ultimus

A replicon is a DNA molecule or RNA molecule, or a region of DNA or RNA, that replicates from a single origin of replication.

For most prokaryotic chromosomes, the replicon is the entire chromosome. The only exceptions found comes from archaea, where two Sulfolobus species have been shown to contain three replicons. Plasmids and bacteriophages are usually replicated as single replicons, but large plasmids in Gram-negative bacteria have been shown to carry several replicons (Thomas 2000, p. 3).

For eukaryotic chromosomes, there are multiple replicons per chromosome. The definition of replicons is somewhat confused with mitochondria, as they use unidirectional replication with two separate origins.

See also

• Origin of replication

Bibliography

1. Thomas, Christopher M. 2000. The Horizontal Gene Pool OPA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5702-462-4

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