Our Favorite Tools
These are just a few of our favorite software packages. Please let us know if you have a favorite tool that is not listed here.
Chromotogram Viewers
For Windows and Mac OS
- ApE, A Plasmid Editor, allows alignment with GenBank files
- Finch TV (Mac),
- Finch TV (Windows),
- Sequencher (Genecodes)
- Staden Package, a free open source genomic analysis package
Windows Specific
Mac OS Specific
- 4Peaks (Mekentosj), supports Mac OS X 10.3 or above
- ebiotools, a free open source genomics package for Mac OS X 10.3 or above
- Edit View (ABI)
Primer Design
- Primer3, online primer design on DNA template
- PrimerX, automated design of mutagenic primers for site-directed mutagenesis based on DNA or protein sequence
Utilities
- Stuffit Expander, to decompress zip file for Mac OS and Windows
- Winzip, another compress/decompress tool
- Mac Conversion Script, to convert .ab1 file for Edit View
Other Tools
- Oligo Calculator, calculate Tm, GC content, and Molecular Weight of your oligo
- PrimerBank, a primer database for human and mouse genes
- qbtools