| Tool name | Osprey |
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| URL | http://osprey.ucalgary.ca |
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| Important features | 1. Designs PCR and microarray primers.
2. Also involves in oligo analysis |
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| Citations | Gordon PM, Sensen CW. Osprey: a comprehensive tool employing novel methods for
the design of oligonucleotides for DNA sequencing and microarrays. Nucleic Acids
Res. 2004 Sep 29;32(17):e133. PubMed PMID: 15456895. |
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| Year of publication | 2004 |
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| Rank by usage frequency | 100 |
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| Comments | Did not give results when tested [as per the 5th july, 2011]. |
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| Function | Microarray probes, Oligo analysis, Predicting secondary structure |
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| Category | Online, Free |
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| Features | 1. Designs oligonucleotide for microarrays and also design negative control probes.
2. Allows for SNP checking and avoidance of regions with SNP for primer designing.
3. Designs PCR primers and reports melting temperature and other parameters for given oligonucleotides.
4. It has the option to select max dimer or hairpin energy. |
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