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    Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Jul;38(Web Server issue):W321-5. Epub 2010 Jun 6.

    chipD: a web tool to design oligonucleotide probes for high-density tiling arrays.

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    Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA. ydufour@wisc.edu

    Abstract

    chipD is a web server that facilitates design of DNA oligonucleotide probes for high-density tiling arrays, which can be used in a number of genomic applications such as ChIP-chip or gene-expression profiling. The server implements a probe selection algorithm that takes as an input, in addition to the target sequences, a set of parameters that allow probe design to be tailored to specific applications, protocols or the array manufacturer's requirements. The algorithm optimizes probes to meet three objectives: (i) probes should be specific; (ii) probes should have similar thermodynamic properties; and (iii) the target sequence coverage should be homogeneous and avoid significant gaps. The output provides in a text format, the list of probe sequences with their genomic locations, targeted strands and hybridization characteristics. chipD has been used successfully to design tiling arrays for bacteria and yeast. chipD is available at http://chipd.uwbacter.org/.

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    20529880
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC2896189
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