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| author | Petar Petrov <ppetrov@paju.oulu.fi> | 2012-09-12 13:53:10 -0500 |
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| committer | Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org> | 2012-09-12 14:20:45 -0500 |
| commit | b1737613daa5d63d844be64c3a2c739d50b58f81 (patch) | |
| tree | 01e0497b2d0c5af3893f0744fdb7853ada36b0f2 /academic/primer3/README | |
| parent | 9855d214635ccead0b3966ce147f6f09e793735f (diff) | |
academic/primer3: Updated for version 2.3.4.
Signed-off-by: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/academic/primer3/README b/academic/primer3/README index 2ef54f3a5a6e..51977f2f124c 100644 --- a/academic/primer3/README +++ b/academic/primer3/README @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Primer3 is a widely used program for designing PCR primers. Primer3 -can also design hybridization probes and sequencing primers. PCR is -used for many different goals. Consequently, primer3 has many -different input parameters that you control and that tell primer3 +Primer3 is a widely used program for designing PCR primers (PCR = +"Polymerase Chain Reaction"). PCR is an essential and ubiquitous tool +in genetics and molecular biology. Primer3 can design hybridization +probes and sequencing primers. + +PCR is used for many different goals. Consequently, primer3 has many +different input parameters that you control and that tell primer3 exactly what characteristics make good primers for your goals. For details and citation: -Steve Rozen and Helen J. Skaletsky (2000) Primer3 on the WWW for -general users and for biologist programmers. In: Krawetz S, Misener S -(eds) Bioinformatics Methods and Protocols: Methods in Molecular +Steve Rozen and Helen J. Skaletsky (2000) Primer3 on the WWW for +general users and for biologist programmers. In: Krawetz S, Misener S +(eds) Bioinformatics Methods and Protocols: Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, pp 365-386 |