DesignSignatures: A tool for designing primers that yields amplicons with distinct signatures

Bioinformatics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1565-1567

  Wright, Erik S ^a   Vetsigian, Kalin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFTWARE;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84964231654     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw047     Document Type: Article

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