Basic Process for Designing Primers for Cloning
- Locate your template
- For example, suppose we want to clone
- Design a stretch of DNA that will bind to your template.
Check these sites to see how many nucleotides to add to the 5’ end of restriction sites
http://www.neb.com/nebecomm/tech_reference/restriction_enzymes/cleavage_linearized_vector.asp
http://www.neb.com/nebecomm/tech_reference/restriction_enzymes/cleavage_olignucleotides.asp
USE NEAREST NEIGHBOR MELTING TEMPERATURES (TmNN) FROM
http://www.basic.northwestern.edu/biotools/oligocalc.html
USUALLY AIM FOR TmNN >= 50C