MFEprimer: Multiple factor evaluation of the specificity of PCR primers

Bioinformatics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-278

  Qu, Wubin ^a,b   Shen, Zhiyong ^a   Zhao, Dongsheng ^c   Yang, Yi ^b   Zhang, Chenggang ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Beijing Institute of Health Service and Medical Information   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA BINDING; DNA CONTENT; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WEB BROWSER;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA PRIMERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 58349107901     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btn614     Document Type: Article

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