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Picky 2 Oligo Microarray Design Oligo Sets
 
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Data Source

The Drosophila sequences were downloaded from ftp://flybase.net/genomes/Drosophila_melanogaster/current/fasta. It is the Flybase Release 3.1 sequences.

Common Design Parameters

Most design parameters of Picky depends on the experimental conditions. The following design parameters are used to generate the collection of oligos in this page. Except for the maximum_match_len and the minimum_temp_separation parameters, all the other parameters are fixed and their values are shown:

maximum_oligo_size = 70 minimum_oligo_size = 50
maximum_match_length = 15 minimum_match_length = 10
maximum_gc_content = 70 minimum_gc_content = 30
candidates_per_gene = 5 probes_per_gene = 1
minimum_similarity = 75 minimum_temp_separation = 20
DNA_concentration = 1 Salt_concentration = 75

Variable Design Parameters

Oligo sets can be designed with different strigency by varying the maximum match length and minimum temperature separation parameters of Picky. Generally, a bigger oligo set can be produced when the maximum match is increased, or when the minimum temperature is descreased. However, making those changes also decreased the discriminative power of the oligo designed. Therefore, it is up to the users to decide which oligo set gives them the best balance between number of oligos and the discriminative power. A picture is provided below to illustrate the difference:

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Total Sequences 18513
Maxinum Match Length
Temperature Seperation
15
16
20°C

(10023 oligos, 2404 sec)

(11372 oligos, 7753 sec)

10°C
 

(12417 oligos, 7788 sec)

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