title: A computer program to calculate and design oligonucleotide primers from amino acid sequences.
abstract: A computer program to generate oligonucleotide sequences from peptide data is presented. The program, PrimerGen, reverse-translates a peptide string into its corresponding degenerate deoxyribonucleotide counterpart, and generates sequences of oligonucleotide molecules which can be synthesized and either used as probes for hybridizations or as primers in polymerase chain reactions.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Nash
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D017931:DNA Primers; D015195:Drug Design; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D017931:DNA Primers; D004247:DNA