West Lebanon NH 02|01|00

For Immediate Release
Contact: Roberta Brucks, 603-643-1471

Textco Announces the Release of Gene Construction Kit 2 for Windows
West Lebanon, NH. February 1, 2000.

The wait is over...The preferred Plasmid Mapping software for the Mac is now available for Windows 95, 98 and NT as well as Mac. GCK2 is ideal for planning and tracking complex construction projects with its ability to automatically monitor DNA fragment ends during cutting and pasting graphical representations of constructs. Its unique Chronography feature tracks the history of any given DNA segment and maintains alternative views - a powerful feature that sets GCK2 apart form the rest!

The feature set is the same as GCK2 for the Mac, and so is its interface and ease of use. All GCK2 Mac files can be opened by Windows PC’s, and new GCK2 files created on your PC, can easily be opened by on the GCK2 Mac. Collaborations with colleagues who have different types of computers are now easier than ever.

DON’T BE MISLED - the original ground breaking GCK is still the best software to buy!

Textco, Inc. has been developing high quality molecular biology software for the Macintosh since 1984.