Oligo Designer Accepted Inputs and Definition
Oligo Designer ยป Oligo Designer Accepted Inputs
and Definition
Sequence Representation
Oligo Designer uses the standard definitions (IUB codes):
Nucleic Acid Code
|
Definition
|
A
|
Adenosine
|
C
|
Cytosine
|
G
|
Guanine
|
T
|
Thymidine
|
U
|
Uracil
|
R
|
G A (puRine)
|
Y
|
T C (pYrimidine)
|
K
|
G T (Ketone)
|
M
|
A C (aMino
group)
|
S
|
G C (Strong interaction)
|
W
|
A T (Weak interaction)
|
B
|
G T C (not A) (B comes after A)
|
D
|
G A T (not C) (D comes after C)
|
H
|
A C T (not G) (H comes after G)
|
V
|
G C A (not T, not U) (V comes after U)
|
N
|
A G C T (aNy)
|
RNA Codon Table
The DNA codon table is identical to that of the RNA except U is replaced by T.
nonpolar
|
polar
|
basic
|
acidic
|
(stop codon)
|
-
A
The codon AUG codes for methionine and can serve as the initiation
site where protein translation begins.