Human MLPA Probe Design (H-MAPD): a probe design tool for both electrophoresis-based and bead-coupled human multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification assays.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) is an efficient and reliable technique for gene dosage analysis. Currently MLPA can be conducted on two platforms: traditional electrophoresis-based, and FlexMAP bead-coupled. Since its introduction in 2002, MLPA has been rapidly adopted in both clinical and research situations. However, MLPA probe design is a time consuming process requiring many steps that address multiple criteria. There exist only one or two commercial software packages for traditional electrophoresis-based MLPA probe design. To our knowledge, no software is yet available that performs bead-coupled MLPA probe design.

Results

We have developed H-MAPD, a web-based tool that automates the generation and selection of probes for human genomic

SUBMITTER: Zhi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2547856 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature