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Designing PCR Primers Painlessly

    Authors: Morgan Feeney1, Kevin Murphy1, Jane Lopilato1,*
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    Affiliations: 1: Biology Department, Simmons College, Boston, MA 02115
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    • Published 01 May 2014
    • †Supplemental materials available at http://jmbe.asm.org
    • *Corresponding author. Mailing address: Biology Department, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115. Phone: 617-521-2661. Fax: 617-521-3086. E-mail: [email protected].
    • ©2014 Author(s). Published by the American Society for Microbiology.
    Source: J. Microbiol. Biol. Educ. May 2014 vol. 15 no. 1 28-29. doi:10.1128/jmbe.v15i1.634
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    Abstract:

    Students design primers using web-based tools along with a printed sequence of a prokaryotic gene showing both DNA strands and translation of the coding strand into amino acids. The melting temperature of each primer is determined and the pair closest in temperature can be used to amplify and clone a gene into a vector for a one-semester laboratory exercise. By working through this primer design exercise, students see first hand what is involved in the process of amplifying DNA.

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Abstract:

Students design primers using web-based tools along with a printed sequence of a prokaryotic gene showing both DNA strands and translation of the coding strand into amino acids. The melting temperature of each primer is determined and the pair closest in temperature can be used to amplify and clone a gene into a vector for a one-semester laboratory exercise. By working through this primer design exercise, students see first hand what is involved in the process of amplifying DNA.

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Author and Article Information

  • Published 01 May 2014
  • †Supplemental materials available at http://jmbe.asm.org
  • *Corresponding author. Mailing address: Biology Department, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115. Phone: 617-521-2661. Fax: 617-521-3086. E-mail: [email protected].
  • ©2014 Author(s). Published by the American Society for Microbiology.

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