Beacon designer
| Developer(s) | Premier Biosoft |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 7.9
/ June 17, 2010 |
| Engine | |
| Operating system | Windows and Macintosh |
| Type | Bioinformatics |
| License | commercial |
| Website | [1] |
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Beacon Designer designs primers and probes for real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) assays. It is compatible to work on Windows as well as on Macintosh. The software currently supports the following real-time PCR chemistries for primer and probe design:
- SYBR Green
- TaqMan
- Molecular beacon
- HRMA Primers
- Scorpions
- FRET
- LNA (Locked nucleic acid)
- NASBA
Beacon Designer program has built-in support for homology avoidance using the standard web BLAST service or the setup of a desktop BLAST feature for the identification of regions that are significantly cross-homologous with the target gene sequence. The software designs real-time PCR primers and probes for complex differential gene expression and allele discrimination assays.
Beacon Designer has been used in workshops and conferences related to real-time PCR study as a reference software.
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