Primer Design Assistant (PDA): A web-based primer design tool

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3751-3754

  Chen, S H ^a   Lin, C Y ^b   Cho, C S ^b   Lo, C Z ^b   Hsiung, C A ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DIMERIZATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GC RICH SEQUENCE;

DIMERIZATION; DNA PRIMERS; GC RICH SEQUENCE; INTERNET; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; THERMODYNAMICS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0043122991     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg560     Document Type: Article

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