Primer Tm estimation methods: Difference between revisions

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| ActB R: TGATCCACATCTGCTGGAAG  
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| Tubb5 F: GATCGGTGCTAAGTTCTGGGA   
| Tubb5 F: GATCGGTGCTAAGTTCTGGGA   
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| Tubb5 R: AGGGACATACTTGCCACCTGT   
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* SantaLucia 1998, DOI:10.1073/pnas.95.4.1460
* SantaLucia 1998, DOI:10.1073/pnas.95.4.1460
: Primer3 recommended setting
: Primer3 recommended setting; also default settings of the NCBI's [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/primer-blast/primertool.cgi Primer BLAST]





Revision as of 06:57, 24 September 2009

Comparison of primer Tm estimation methods
example primer Marmur rule Wallace rule Breslauer '86 SantaLucia '98
ActB F: TTGCTGACAGGATGCAGAAG 60 52 60.1 52.4
ActB R: TGATCCACATCTGCTGGAAG 60 52 59.8 51.5
Tubb5 F: GATCGGTGCTAAGTTCTGGGA 64 54 61.5 53.7
Tubb5 R: AGGGACATACTTGCCACCTGT 64 54 60.8 55.1
  • Marmur formula: Tm = 4 x GC + 2 x AT
not recommended for more than 13nt; assumes 50mM monovalent cations
Marmur J and Doty P (1962) J Mol Biol 5:109-118; PMID 14470099
  • Wallace formula: Tm = 64.9 +41*(yG+zC-16.4)/(wA+xT+yG+zC)
Wallace RB et al. (1979) Nucleic Acids Res 6:3543-3557, PMID 158748
  • Breslauer et al. 1986, DOI:10.1073/ pnas.83.11.3746
Primer3 and Primer3Plus default maintained for backwards compatibility
  • SantaLucia 1998, DOI:10.1073/pnas.95.4.1460
Primer3 recommended setting; also default settings of the NCBI's Primer BLAST