Can anyone guide me to design primers for real time PCR?

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Nadine A. Gund

Hi, here a some links:

http://openwetware.org/wiki/Choosing_primers_for_qPCR

http://bitesizebio.com/articles/a-step-by-step-guide-to-designing-qpcr-primers/

http://www.genomics.agilent.com/article.jsp?pageId=2191&_requestid=957449

This book is helpful: Real-time PCR. Taylor & Francis. 2006.

Cheers, Nadine

Joydip Karmakar

Dear Madam

Thank you for your answer. After studying the links I will contact you again if there is any query.

Regards