Han wrote:
> Colleague at Cornell Medical College has a very old Mac with an old version
> of DNAStar, which he likes very much. His use is not very intensive, but
> primer design, sequence alignment etc are used relatively often.
>> Since the Mac is about to die, he would like software for a PC (XP Pro)
> that could best perform those functions. DNAStar (new version) costs
> $1,000/year in licensing costs, which colleague doesn't regard as a wise
> investment. What are his best options for free or cheap software with
> similar capabilities as what he wants of DNAStar (primer design, sequence
> alignment, etc)?
>
For primer design, I and nearly everyone I know use Pimer3. There is a
web version:
<http://frodo.wi.mit.edu/primer3/input.htm>
which is also now built into the NCBI primer blast page:
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/primer-blast/index.cgi?
LINK_LOC=BlastHome>
Downloadable source is also available:
<http://primer3.sourceforge.net/>
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