Selection of long oligonucleotides for gene expression microarrays using weighted rank-sum strategy

BMC Bioinformatics

Table 2 The oligonulceotide design of large gene families from different programs

Programs*	Var family (Total No. 76)		Rifin family (Total No. 164)		Stevor family (Total No. 34)
	#designed^a	#accepted^b	#designed	#accepted	#designed	#accepted
OligoRankPick	76	63	164	140	34	31
ArrayOligoSelector	76	31	162	58	34	13
OligoPicker	37	37	78	74	12	12
OligoAarray 2.1	22	9	162	118	34	22

*ArrayOligoSelector 3.8.4; OligoPicker; OligoArray 2.1. a: oligonucleotide number selected by the program; b: accepted oligonucleotide number based on BLAST score of non-target (< 40% continuous identity).

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