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NetPrimer is a gratis web-based tool used for analysing primers used in PCR to amplify a DNA sequence. [2] The software predicts the melting temperature of the primers using the nearest neighbor thermodynamic algorithm. The accurate prediction of the melting temperature (Tm) is one of the most important factors that governs the success of a PCR ...
Melting curve analysis is an assessment of the dissociation characteristics of double-stranded DNA during heating. As the temperature is raised, the double strand begins to dissociate leading to a rise in the absorbance intensity, hyperchromicity. The temperature at which 50% of DNA is denatured is known as the melting temperature. Measurement ...
Nucleic acid thermodynamics is the study of how temperature affects the nucleic acid structure of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). The melting temperature (T m) is defined as the temperature at which half of the DNA strands are in the random coil or single-stranded (ssDNA) state. T m depends on the length of the DNA molecule and its specific ...
The fusion peak indicated with an arrow shows the peak caused by primer dimers, which is different from the expected amplification product. [10] Real-time PCR permits the identification of specific, amplified DNA fragments using analysis of their melting temperature (also called T m value, from melting temperature). The method used is usually ...
Pairs of primers should have similar melting temperatures since annealing during PCR occurs for both strands simultaneously, and this shared melting temperature must not be either too much higher or lower than the reaction's annealing temperature. A primer with a T m (melting temperature) too much higher than the reaction's annealing ...
For this reason, it is critical to accurately predict the melting curve of PCR products when designing primers that will distinguish sequence variants. Specialty software, such as uMelt [13] and DesignSignatures, [14] are available to help design primers that will maximize melting curve variability specifically for high-resolution melting assays.
The annealing temperature during a polymerase chain reaction determines the specificity of primer annealing. The melting point of the primer sets the upper limit on annealing temperature. At temperatures just above this point, only very specific base pairing between the primer and the template will occur.
Annealing is the temperature at which short primers hybridize or bind to their complementary sequence in another DNA/RNA molecule which is not necessarily the same length. This will be at a temperature less than the Melting temperature. See Polymerase chain reaction for more information --Zven 02:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)