DNA-BAR: distinguisher selection for DNA barcoding.

DasGupta, B; Konwar, K M; Mandoiu, I I; Shvartsman, A A · Bioinformatics · 2005

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

DNA-BAR is a software package for selecting DNA probes (henceforth referred to as distinguishers) that can be used in genomic-based identification of microorganisms. Given the genomic sequences of the microorganisms, DNA-BAR finds a near-minimum number of distinguishers yielding a distinct hybridization pattern for each microorganism. Selected distinguishers satisfy user specified bounds on length, melting temperature and GC content, as well as redundancy and cross-hybridization constraints.

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