NAME

       prima - Selects primers for PCR and DNA amplification.

SYNOPSIS

       prima -sequence sequence -targetrange toggle -targetstart integer -targetend integer
             -mintmprimer float -maxtmprimer float -minplen integer -maxplen integer
             -minpgccont float -maxpgccont float [-primer toggle] -minprimerlen integer
             -maxprimerlen integer -minpmgccont float -maxpmgccont float -overlap integer
             -saltconc float -dnaconc float -list boolean -outfile outfile

       prima -help

DESCRIPTION

       prima is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software
       Suite”). It is part of the "Nucleic:Primers" command group(s).

OPTIONS

   Input section
       -sequence sequence

   Required section
   Target options
       -targetrange toggle
           Default value: N

       -targetstart integer
           Default value: $(sequence.begin)

       -targetend integer
           Default value: $(sequence.length)

       -mintmprimer float
           Default value: 53

       -maxtmprimer float
           Default value: 58

   Additional section
   Product options
       -minplen integer
           Default value: 100

       -maxplen integer
           Default value: 300

       -minpgccont float
           Default value: .40

       -maxpgccont float
           Default value: .55

   Primer options
       -primer toggle
           Specify primer properties Default value: Y

       -minprimerlen integer
           Default value: 18

       -maxprimerlen integer
           Default value: 22

       -minpmgccont float
           Default value: .40

       -maxpmgccont float
           Default value: .55

   Advanced section
       -overlap integer
           Default value: 50

       -saltconc float
           Default value: 50

       -dnaconc float
           Default value: 50

       -list boolean
           Default value: N

   Output section
       -outfile outfile

BUGS

       Bugs can be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking system (http://bugs.debian.org/emboss), or
       directly to the EMBOSS developers
       (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=93650&atid=605031).

SEE ALSO

       prima is fully documented via the tfm(1) system.

AUTHOR

       Debian Med Packaging Team <debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org>
           Wrote the script used to autogenerate this manual page.

COPYRIGHT

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       It can be redistributed under the same terms as EMBOSS itself.