Sequencing and Analysis of the Hydra Genome
Chapman, Kirkness et al., Nature
An international research collaboration reports their sequencing and analysis of the Hydra magnipapillata genome, and compare it to the genomes of several other organisms. "The Hydra genome has been shaped by bursts of transposable element expansion, horizontal gene transfer, trans-splicing, and simplification of gene structure and gene content that parallel simplification of the Hydra life cycle," the authors write. They team suggests that comparisons of the Hydra genome to the reported sequences of other animals have helped them to elucidate the evolution of several of the organism's characteristics.
Integrated DNA Technologies Purchases VH Bio's Oligo Business
March 18, 2009
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Oligonucleotide synthesis company Integrated DNA Technologies announced today that it has purchased VH Bio's oligonucleotide business.
Under the agreement, IDT will serve VH Bio's oligonucleotide customers from IDT's European synthesis facility, which opened in Leuven, Belgium, this past September. As such, IDT plans to provide current VH Bio customers with a broader product range of quality-controlled oligonucleotides that are available for next-day delivery.
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
IDT and VH Bio, which is based in Gateshead, UK, also announced that they plan to work together to expand IDT's oligonucleotide business in the UK. VH Bio will continue distributing its other products, including those for immunologists and molecular biologists.
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