G-PRIMER: greedy algorithm for selecting minimal primer set

Bioinformatics. 2004 Oct 12;20(15):2473-5. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bth259. Epub 2004 Apr 8.

Abstract

G-PRIMER, a web-based primer design program, has been developed to compute a minimal primer set specifically annealed to all the open reading frames in a given microbial genome. This program has been successfully used in the microarray experiment for analyzing the expression of genes in the Xanthomonas campestris genome.

Availability: It is available at http://mammoth.bii.a-star.edu.sg/gprimer/. Its source code is available upon request.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Chromosome Mapping / methods*
  • DNA Primers / chemical synthesis
  • DNA Primers / genetics*
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods*
  • Sequence Alignment / methods*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods*
  • Software*

Substances

  • DNA Primers