The development of advanced sequencing technologies has made it easier to obtain diverse templates for specific targets, such as nucleotide sequences in NCBI 1, 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences in ...

The key to an optimal PCR experiment is primer design. In general, primers should be between 18 and 24 nucleotides long and have a GC content between 40 and 60 percent. Ideally primers should contain ...

GeneFisher—fishing for genes, perhaps? Fishing genes out of genomes? Just fishing? The subtitle, Interactive PCR Primer Design, “hooked me” (get it?) but it shouldn’t have in retrospect. After all, ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) variants requiring specific primer types are widely used in various PCR experiments, including generic PCR, inverse PCR, anchored PCR, and ARMS PCR. Few tools can be ...

Designing reproducible PCR assays involves optimizing multiple moving targets, from standardizing each component in sometimes minute reaction volumes to planning ahead to ensure long-term and secure ...