Nucleic Acids Research Advance Access originally published online on October 23, 2008
Nucleic Acids Research 2009 37(Database issue):D942-D945; doi:10.1093/nar/gkn777
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Nucleic Acids Research, 2009, Vol. 37, Database issue D942-D945
© 2008 The Author(s)
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RTPrimerDB: the portal for real-time PCR primers and probes
Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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Received September 15, 2008. Revised October 8, 2008. Accepted October 8, 2008.
RTPrimerDB (http://www.rtprimerdb.org) is a freely accessible database and analysis tool for real-time quantitative PCR assays. RTPrimerDB includes records with user submitted assays that are linked to genome information from reference databases and quality controlled using an in silico assay evaluation system. The primer evaluation tools intended to assess the specificity and to detect features that could negatively affect the amplification efficiency are combined into a pipeline to test custom-designed primer and probe sequences. An improved user feedback system guides users and submitters to enter practical remarks and details about experimental evaluation analyses. The database is linked with reference databases to allow the submission of assays for all genes and organisms officially registered in Entrez Gene and RefSeq. Records in RTPrimerDB are assigned unique and stable identifiers. The content is provided via an interactive web-based search system and is available for download in the recently developed RDML format and as bulk export file. RTPrimerDB is a one-stop portal for high-quality and highly annotated real-time PCR assays.
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