Some softwares for oligonucleotides design




softwares Articles Comments URL
probemaker ProbeMaker: an extensible framework for design of sets of oligonucleotide probes (PMID: 16171527) some bugs with linux (mandriva 2007) http://probemaker.sourceforge.net/
OligoArray 2.1 OligoArray 2.0: design of oligonucleotide probes for DNA microarrays using a thermodynamic approach (PMID: 12799432) for genomic. - methods Tm, mfold, blast for specificityC8 http://berry.engin.umich.edu/oligoarray/
Gene2oligo Gene2Oligo: oligonucleotide design for in vitro gene synthesis (PMID: 15215375) for genomic http://berry.engin.umich.edu/gene2oligo/
? Application of a unique server-based oligonucleotide probe selection tool toward a novel biosensor for the detection of Streptococcus pyogenes (PMID: 17011180) - single sequence - specifcity by blast - written in VB. Can not download
Primegens PRIMEGENS: robust and efficient design of gene-specific probes for microarray analysis. (PMID: 12424113) oligonucleodites for genomic arrays http://compbio.ornl.gov/structure/primegens/
Osprey Osprey: a comprehensive tool employing novel methods for the design of oligonucleotides for DNA sequencing and microarrays (PMID: 15456895) not tested http://osprey.ucalgary.ca/
ARB project ARB: a software environment for sequence data (PMID: 14985472) - package with many tools - ARB probe library :database for bacteria probes (16s) with a phylogenic tree http://www.arb-home.de/
PROBEmer PROBEmer: A web-based software tool for selecting optimal DNA oligos. (PMID: 12824409) - set of targets and set of non-targets (% of sequences in each group.) some tests with 16S in article -not tested because unavailable web site for download http://probemer.cs.loyola.edu
GeneFisher GeneFisher--software support for the detection of postulated genes. (PMID: 8877506) (calculate a consensus with target-sequences) - online version (in ajax - consensus with target sequences - can not use a non-target set of sequences - difficulty to choose options in order to get probes http://bibiserv.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/genefisher2/
CommOligo Selection of optimal oligonucleotide probes for microarrays using multiple criteria, global alignment and parameter estimation - Allow to use a set of sequences - Check specifity with a set of non-target sequences by using a blast like methode (better) - For windows users only - Seems to be nice but unable to get this software (unable to contact authors) ?
Oligopicker Selection of Oligonucleotide Probes for Protein Coding Sequences (PMID: 12724288) rather for genomic studies problem with some non-numeric ID (in fasta files) http://pga.mgh.harvard.edu/oligopicker/
primer clade Primaclade: a web-based program for designing primers from multiple alignments - design of primers in a set of target sequences (consensus) and with aligned sequences (clustalw used). - Use of primers3 in background - online tool (rather easy and fast) http://dousta.umsl.edu/cgi-bin/primaclade.cgi
AlleleID AlleleID: a pathogen detection and identification system (pmid :17951804) - Very comprehensive (but not easy to use) - For identification of species - targets set , non-targets set, etc... - commercial software http://www.premierbiosoft.com
Yoda YODA: Yet-another Oligonucleotide Design Application (PMID: 15572465) - accepts targets and non-targets sequences - Seems to be simple and efficient. Some problems with my linux. http://pathport.vbi.vt.edu/YODA
OligoSpawn OligoSpawn: a software tool for the design of overgo probes from large unigene datasets (PMID: 16401345) works with unigene. - Set of targets and set of non-targets - not tested http://oligospawn.ucr.edu/.
hyther
- Design of primers with different modules - Single target sequence http://ozone3.chem.wayne.edu/
Visual OMP 3 Physical principles and visual-OMP software for optimal PCR design. (PMID: 17951788) - like hyther - commercial http://www.dnasoftware.com/Products/VisualOMP/
sarani
Automatic design of primers for genonic studies commercial
Array Designer 2


Primer pro 3.4 Primer unique
- design primers. Check in non-target sequences. - commercial. Some gaps http://www.changbioscience.com/primo/primo.html
Primer Premier v5
commercial. hard to use quickly http://www.bio.com/
Array Designer 2 Beacon Designer 7 Xpression Primer
commercial http://www.bio.com/
oligo 6
- use of a set of target sequences (consensus) - commercial (win + mac only) http://www.philscience.com/oligo/p1.htm
oligowiz ProbeWiz server
- multi target sequences ? - some problems with linux - article with primers design softwares comparisons ProbeWiz server = like oligowiz but online http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/OligoWiz2/
netprimer ? not tested (command line)
perlprimer ? not tested (command line)
primerbase
- database of primers - not update – unavailable
autoprime
expression arrays (use ensembl)
primer3
single target sequence http://frodo.wi.mit.edu/
arrayoligoselector
primers for genomes
oligoDB
for transcriptome
Featurama – probepicker
not tested (command line) http://probepicker.sourceforge.net/
Roso ROSO: optimizing oligonucleotide probes for microarrays (PMID: 14734320) expression arrays
OligoArray 2.1
- single sequence input - commercial - many options http://www.philscience.com/oligo/index.htm








Some articles


Detection of bacterial pathogens in environmental samples using DNA microarrays (PMID: 12654494 )
Improvement of oligonucleotide probe design criteria for functional gene microarrays in environmental applications. (PMID: 16461729)
Selection of optimal oligonucleotide probes for microarrays using multiple criteria, global alignment and parameter estimation (PMID: 16246912)
Empirical establishment of oligonucleotide probe design criteria. (PMID: 16000786)
Assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of oligonucleotide (50mer) microarrays (PMID: 11071945)
Automated Detection and Quantitation of Bacterial RNA by Using Electrical Microarrays (PMID: 16841897)
Microarrays for bacterial detection and microbial community analysis (PMID: 12831906)




Web sites


http://www.humgen.nl/primer_design.html (liste logiciels pour design d'amorces)