title: SOP3: a web-based tool for selection of oligonucleotide primers for single nucleotide polymorphism analysis by Pyrosequencing.
abstract: SOP3 is a web-based software tool for designing oligonucleotide primers for use in the analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Accessible via the Internet, the application is optimized for developing the PCR and sequencing primers that are necessary for Pyrosequencing. The application accepts as input gene name, SNP reference sequence number, or chromosomal nucleotide location. Output can be parsed by gene name, SNP reference number, heterozygosity value, location, chromosome, or function. The location of an individual polymorphism, such as an intron, exon, or 5' or 3' untranslated region is indicated, as are whether nucleotide changes in an exon are associated with a change in an amino acid sequence. SOP3 presents for each entry a set of forward and biotinylated reverse PCR primers as well as a sequencing primer for use during the analysis of SNPs by Pyrosequencing. Theoretical pyrograms for each allele are calculated and presented graphically. The method has been tested in the development of Pyrosequencing assays for determining SNPs and for deletion/insertion polymorphisms in the human genome. Of the SOP3-designed primer sets that were tested, a large majority of the primer sets have successfully produced PCR products and Pyrosequencing data.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Angela M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pecoraro
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Styche
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Rudert
authors.forename: Panayiotis V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Benos
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ringquist
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trucco
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D020407:Internet; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers