Point mutation detection by economic HRM protocol primer design.

ABSTRACT: Globally more than 100 million SNPs in populations. These variations approximately 4-5 million SNPs in a people genome, occur almost every 1000 nucleotides on average and present either unique or in many in individuals. They can act as genetic signs, associated with illness and respond to chemicals and drugs. SNPs occurrence within or near a gene play important role in disease throughout affecting gene task. Frequently many protocols have been used to study single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) among human variants genome. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), Amplification refractory mutation system PCR(ARMS-PCR), sequencing and SNaPshot assays considered familial methods. The potential risk of contamination after PCR is common due to further other steps. In this direction, a high resolution melting (HRM) real-time PCR method is an alternative, reducing the post-PCR transferring steps. uVariants is clarified as appropriate website for designing primers used for SNP recognition by easy and inexpensive protocol called HRM. The researchers can focus on the interest of reference SNP ID number, or "rs" ID to avoid loss time. In this article description how to uses uVariants website for primer design used in HRM technique. Aims:To describe uVariants and uDesign software, application and usefulness of HRM technique primer design in the genotyping SNPs among people and public health. Accessibility and requirements:uVariants and uDesign are freely accessible at: https://www.dna.utah.edu/variants/;https://www.dna.utah.edu/udesign/app.php respectively.The network server supports the browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Torch, CoolNovo, 360 Browser, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari.

SUBMITTER: Al-Koofee DAF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6458491 | biostudies-other | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other