Title
HiSpOD: probe design for functional DNA microarrays.
Abstract
Motivation: The use of DNA microarrays allows the monitoring of the extreme microbial diversity encountered in complex samples like environmental ones as well as that of their functional capacities. However, no probe design software currently available is adapted to easily design efficient and explorative probes for functional gene arrays. Results: We present a new efficient functional microarray probe design algorithm called HiSpOD (High Specific Oligo Design). This uses individual nucleic sequences or consensus sequences produced by multiple alignments to design highly specific probes. Indeed, to bypass crucial problem of cross-hybridizations, probe specificity is assessed by similarity search against a large formatted database dedicated to microbial communities containing about 10 million coding sequences (CDS). For experimental validation, a microarray targeting genes encoding enzymes involved in chlorinated solvent biodegradation was built. The results obtained from a contaminated environmental sample proved the specificity and the sensitivity of probes designed with the HiSpOD program.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1093/bioinformatics/btq712
BIOINFORMATICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
dna microarray
Gene,Microarray,Computer science,DNA,Bioinformatics,Nucleic acid,Chemical compound microarray,Consensus sequence,DNA microarray,Nearest neighbor search
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
27
5
1367-4803
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.48
7
Authors
8