Title

WebSat - A Web Software for MicroSatellite marker development

Authors

Wellington S. Martins^1, *, Divino Cesar. S. Lucas² , Kelligton F. S. Neves² and David J. Bertioli³

Affiliation

¹Instituto de Informatica, Universidade Federal de Goias, Brazil; ²Departamento de Computacao, Universidade Catolica de Goias, Brazil; ³Pos-graduacao em Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasilia, and Cenargen/Embrapa, Brazil

Email

wellington@inf.ufg.br; * Corresponding author

Article Type

Web Server

Date

received December 20, 2008; accepted December 28, 2008; published January 12, 2009

Abstract

Simple sequence repeats (SSR), also known as microsatellites, have been extensively used as molecular markers due to their abundance and high degree of polymorphism. We have developed a simple to use web software, called WebSat, for microsatellite molecular marker prediction and development. WebSat is accessible through the Internet, requiring no program installation. Although a web solution, it makes use of Ajax techniques, providing a rich, responsive user interface. WebSat allows the submission of sequences, visualization of microsatellites and the design of primers suitable for their amplification. The program allows full control of parameters and the easy export of the resulting data, thus facilitating the development of microsatellite markers.

Keywords

molecular-marker; microsatellite; SSR; primer; web-software

Citation

Martins et al., Bioinformation 3(6): 282-283 (2009)

Edited by

P. Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.