2003
PRIMEX 1.0 and VPCR 2.0: Processing genomic sequence data for efficient and accurate simulation of PCR reactions with genomic DNA as template
LEXA, Matej; Ivano ZARA a Giorgio VALLEZákladní údaje
Originální název
PRIMEX 1.0 and VPCR 2.0: Processing genomic sequence data for efficient and accurate simulation of PCR reactions with genomic DNA as template
Autoři
LEXA, Matej; Ivano ZARA a Giorgio VALLE
Vydání
2003
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Audiovizuální tvorba
Obor
Genetika a molekulární biologie
Stát vydavatele
Itálie
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Označené pro přenos do RIV
Ne
Organizační jednotka
Fakulta informatiky
Změněno: 7. 10. 2003 10:42, doc. Ing. Matej Lexa, Ph.D.
Anotace
V originále
Increased availability of genomic sequence data provides space for bioinformatic tools utilizing these large datasets in novel applications. We have set out to automate the prediction of PCR reaction products using arbitrary primers and genomic DNA as template. While this may seem a trivial task for a well-designed pair of primers, the task becomes much more challenging in a wide range of special situations. Firstly, the search for primer annealing sites becomes prohibitively slow on large genomes with currently available tools. Secondly, a mathematical model of the PCR reaction is required to simulate amplification in cases where primers go through a wide range of states besides the desired binding to the target sequence (unspecific binding, secondary structure formation), or where several amplification products compete for polymerase activity (multiplex PCR). We present a set of programs that address these problems and rapidly predict the outcome of any PCR reaction. PRIMEX is a tool that can find all relevant primer-binding sites in a single genome in a fraction of a second. VPCR is a set of routines that analyze the output provided by PRIMEX and run a dynamic mathematical model of the PCR amplification process. We will show our first results that compare VPCR output and real PCRs performed in the laboratory.