Features | MSRE-HTPrimer v1.0 | Primer Express v3.0.1 | Primer Select | Primer Premier | Perl Primer v1.1.21 | PRIMEGENS-v2.0 | BiSearch |
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Genome-wide primer design | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Dependency | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Installation required | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Operating system | All Unix, MAC, Windows | Windows | – | Windows, MAC | All Unix, MAC, Windows | All Unix, Windows | Web |
Genome coordinate informationa | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
SNP annotationa | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Repeat element annotationa | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
CpG Islands annotationa | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
RefSeq gene annotationa | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Restriction enzyme type-II cut sites identificationa | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Multi-processing capability | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Multiple target sequences | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Target sequence number restrictiona | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Target sequence length restrictiona | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
FASTA sequence selection by tool | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Custom primer selection quality matrixa | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Input file limitations | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
UCSC genome browser visualizationa | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
UCSC In-Silico primer design page cross-link | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Availability | Free | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Free | Free | Free |