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P-SAMS: a web site for plant artificial microRNA and synthetic trans-acting small interfering RNA design
Noah Fahlgren1, Steven T Hill1, James C Carrington1
1Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO 63132, USA.
Summary:
The Plant Small RNA Maker Site (P-SAMS) is a web tool for the simple and automated design of artificial miRNAs (amiRNAs) and synthetic trans-acting small interfering RNAs (syn-tasiRNAs) for efficient and specific targeted gene silencing in plants. P-SAMS includes two applications, P-SAMS amiRNA Designer and P-SAMS syn-tasiRNA Designer. The navigation through both applications is wizard-assisted, and the job runtime is relatively short. Both applications output the sequence of designed small RNA(s), and the sequence of the two oligonucleotides required for cloning into 'B/c' compatible vectors.
Availability And Implementation:
The P-SAMS website is available at http://p-sams.carringtonlab.org.
Contact:
acarbonell@ibmcp.upv.es or nfahlgren@danforthcenter.org.
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