Krait

Krait is a software tool designed to quickly investigate microsatellites in DNA sequences. It can identify all types of perfect or imperfect microsatellites on a whole genomic sequence and can also identify compound microsatellites. Krait includes Primer3 so that users can efficiently design primers for microsatellite amplification. It can export microsatellite results in FASTA or GFF3 format for further analysis and generate statistical reports and plots.

Topic

Microsatellites;Genomics;DNA;Probes and primers;Nucleic acid sites, features and motifs

Detail

  • Operation: Primer and probe design;Sequence feature detection

  • Software interface: Graphical user interface

  • Language: Python;C

  • License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

  • Cost: Free

  • Version name: v1.4.0

  • Credit: Natural Science Foundation of China

  • Input: -

  • Output: FASTA, GFF3

  • Contact: Chi Zhang chizhang_swmu@126.com

  • Collection: -

  • Maturity: Stable

Publications

  • Krait: an ultrafast tool for genome-wide survey of microsatellites and primer design.
  • Du L, et al. Krait: an ultrafast tool for genome-wide survey of microsatellites and primer design. Krait: an ultrafast tool for genome-wide survey of microsatellites and primer design. 2018; 34:681-683. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btx665
  • https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btx665
  • PMID: 29048524
  • PMC: -

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