是这样的,简单的使用BLAST而不考虑其他因素,是很难对一对引物做出有效的评估的。
Bioinformatics. 2009 Jan 15;25(2):276-8. Epub 2008 Nov 27.
MFEprimer: multiple factor evaluation of the specificity of PCR primers.
Qu W, Shen Z, Zhao D, Yang Y, Zhang C.
Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing, China.
Abstract
SUMMARY: We developed a program named MFEprimer for evaluating the specificity
of PCR primers based on multiple factors, including sequence similarity,
stability at the 3'-end of the primer, melting temperature, GC content
and number of binding sites between the primer and DNA templates.
MFEprimer can help the user to select more suitable primers before
running either standard or multiplex PCR reactions. The cDNA and genomic
DNA databases of 10 widely used species, as well as user custom
databases, were used as DNA templates for analyzing primers specificity.
Furthermore, we maintained a Primer3Plus server with a modified
Primer3Manager for one-stop primer design and specificity checking.
PMID: 19038987