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===Protocols===
===Protocols===
*[http://openwetware.org/wiki/Choosing_primers_for_qPCR Choosing primers for q-PCR]
*[http://openwetware.org/wiki/Choosing_primers_for_qPCR Choosing primers for q-PCR]
===Primer designing for BUGS===
➢Get the gene name  (eg: MYD88)
*Go to NCBI (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov), and search in ‘Nucleotide’ for the gene sequence.
*Select Homo sapiens and get the NM number of the most common transcript variant. (eg: NM_002468.4 for MYD88)
*Click on the link and go to the gene description page.
*Scroll down and clink on the link to find the CDS.
*Copy the CDS sequence.
➢ Go to the Primer 3 Plus website (http://www.bioinformatics.nl/cgi-bin/primer3plus/primer3plus.cgi) and paste the CDS sequence in the search box.
*All the parameters for optimal primers are usually preset. Do not change anything.
*Click “pick primers’.
*When the selection of primers comes up, choose a pair that is closest to the 3’ end.
*Check the primer is 20bp long and the product size is between 150-200bp.
➢Go to the UCSC genome browser website (http://genome.ucsc.edu/) and select the ‘BLAT’ tool.
*Paste the forward and reverse primer sequences one by one and check if it gives a unique hit. (confirm chromosomal location of the gene from NCBI or other sources)
*If it gives multiple hits, select a different set of primers from Primer 3 Plus and repeat the same process until a unique set is obtained.
*Order primers through Invitrogen:
*Purification: Desalted
*Starting Synthesis Scale: 25nmole
*Ship Medium: Dry
*Normalization: None
*Calculate primers to 100uM using DNA suspension Buffer from Teknova cat # T0221
*Contact Betül for questions (betul.kacar@biology.gatech.edu)

Revision as of 09:23, 28 May 2013

Tools

Gene/Protein Info

Protocols

Primer designing for BUGS

➢Get the gene name (eg: MYD88)

  • Go to NCBI (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov), and search in ‘Nucleotide’ for the gene sequence.
  • Select Homo sapiens and get the NM number of the most common transcript variant. (eg: NM_002468.4 for MYD88)
  • Click on the link and go to the gene description page.
  • Scroll down and clink on the link to find the CDS.
  • Copy the CDS sequence.


➢ Go to the Primer 3 Plus website (http://www.bioinformatics.nl/cgi-bin/primer3plus/primer3plus.cgi) and paste the CDS sequence in the search box.

  • All the parameters for optimal primers are usually preset. Do not change anything.
  • Click “pick primers’.
  • When the selection of primers comes up, choose a pair that is closest to the 3’ end.
  • Check the primer is 20bp long and the product size is between 150-200bp.


➢Go to the UCSC genome browser website (http://genome.ucsc.edu/) and select the ‘BLAT’ tool.

  • Paste the forward and reverse primer sequences one by one and check if it gives a unique hit. (confirm chromosomal location of the gene from NCBI or other sources)
  • If it gives multiple hits, select a different set of primers from Primer 3 Plus and repeat the same process until a unique set is obtained.
  • Order primers through Invitrogen:
  • Purification: Desalted
  • Starting Synthesis Scale: 25nmole
  • Ship Medium: Dry
  • Normalization: None
  • Calculate primers to 100uM using DNA suspension Buffer from Teknova cat # T0221
  • Contact Betül for questions (betul.kacar@biology.gatech.edu)