Alignment-based primer and probe design
Biomedical Genomics Workbench allows the user to design PCR primers and TaqMan probes based on an alignment of multiple sequences.
The primer designer for alignments can be accessed with:
Toolbox | Sanger Sequencing (
) | Primers and Probes (
)| Design Primers (
)
or If the alignment is already open: | Click Primer Designer (
) in the lower left part
of the view
In the alignment primer view (see figure 34.12), the basic options for viewing the template alignment are the same as for the standard view of alignments . This means that annotations such as known SNPs or exons can be displayed on the template sequence to guide the choice of primer regions.
Figure 34.12: The initial view of an alignment used for primer design.
Subsections
- Specific options for alignment-based primer and probe design
- Alignment based design of PCR primers
- Alignment-based TaqMan probe design