title: PathoGene: a pathogen coding sequence discovery and analysis resource.
abstract: PathoGene is a web-based resource that streamlines the process of predicting genes in microorganisms and designs PCR primers for amplification to facilitate sequence analysis and experimentation. PathoGene currently supports primer design for every complete microbial, viral, and fungal genome as cataloged in GenBank by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/). The resulting primers can then be subjected to a stand-alone Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) system called PathoBLAST in which the predicted PCR product and/or primers can be compared against the genome of interest or a similar genome to find related genes or estimate primer quality.
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8591, USA.
authors.forename: Kar-wai
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: Harold R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Garner
mesh_terms: D001408:Bacillus anthracis / Q000235:genetics; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics*; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000235:genetics; D005658:Fungi / Q000235:genetics*; D020407:Internet; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014780:Viruses / Q000235:genetics*; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D015342:DNA Probes