Easy PAC: A tool for fast prediction, testing and reference mapping of degenerate PCR primers from alignments or Consensus sequences

Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Volumn 2012, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 151-159

  Rosenkranz, David ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alignment; Consensus sequence; Degenerate primers; Homologous genes; Paralogous genes; PCR primer prediction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE MAPPING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TDRD1 GENE;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84859465047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11769343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/EBO.S8870     Document Type: Article

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