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Chapter 2 Designing Primers and Probes for Quantification Assays
Automatically Designing Primers and Probes
10 Primer Express Software 3.0 Getting Started Guide
Notes
Figure 2. Sequence tab
Note: If you select the Double-Stranded checkbox in the Sequence tab, both sense and
anti-sense strands will be displayed. However, primers and probes are designed using the
sense strand sequence only.
Finding Primers
and Probes
To find primers and probes:
Select Tools > Find Primers/Probes ( ). Primer Express software performs its
calculations based on default parameter values.
The status bar, located at the bottom of the window, displays information about the
progress of the calculations as the software searches for primer/probe sets. If primers and
probes are found, go to “Viewing Results” on page 11.
If primers and probes were not found:
If the software does not find primers and probes using default parameters, a pop-up will
appear stating that no acceptable primer pairs were found and that you can see the
Interim Results window. For more information on Interim Results, see Primer Express
Software Version 3.0 Online Help.
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