A COMPUTER-PROGRAM FOR CHOOSING OPTIMAL OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR FILTER HYBRIDIZATION, SEQUENCING AND INVITRO AMPLIFICATION OF DNA
A COMPUTER-PROGRAM FOR CHOOSING OPTIMAL OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR FILTER HYBRIDIZATION, SEQUENCING AND INVITRO AMPLIFICATION OF DNA
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DOI:
10.1093/nar/17.21.8543
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发表时间:
1989-11-11
影响因子:
14.9
通讯作者:
RHOADS, RE
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作者:
RYCHLIK, W;RHOADS, RE
A method is presented for choosing optimal oligodexyribonucleotides as probes for filter hybridization, primers for sequencing, or primers for DNA amplification. Three main factors that determine the quality of a probe are considered: stability of the duplex formed between the probe and target nucleic acid, specificity of the probe for the intended target sequence, and self-complementarity. DNA duplex stability calculations are based on the nearest-neighbor thermodynamic values determined by Breslauer et al. [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1986), 83: 3746]. Temperatures of duplex dissociation predicted by the method described here were within 0.4.degree. C of the values obtained experimentally for ten oligonucleotides. Calculations for specificity of the probe and its self-complementarity are based on a simple dynamic algorithm.