What is the difference between the Depositor Agreement and the Expedited Process Agreement?
The Depositor Agreement is for institutions who want to deposit plasmids with the repository. The the standard plasmid transfer agreement and the expedited process agreement are part of this depositor agreement so that depositor institutions know by what terms their plasmids will be distributed. The Expedited Process Agreement and the Standard Plasmid Transfer Agreement are used for receiving plasmids from the repository. In the case of DeCode, if a researcher ever wanted to order PSI plasmids (or any other plasmid) from the repository, they would be able to do this without having to get the MTA approved each time (since the “institutional” signature would already be in place).
