DNA Folding Form

Users of this service are requested to cite:

M. Zuker
Mfold web server for nucleic acid folding and hybridization prediction.
Nucleic Acids Res. 31 (13), 3406-15, (2003)
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Material] [Additional Information]

The free energies used are from the laboratory of John SantaLucia Jr.
An appropriate citation for these energy rules is:
SantaLucia, Jr (1998) A unified view of polymer, dumbbell, and oligonucleotide DNA nearest-neighbor thermodynamics.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95, 1460-1465. (Abstract)

For the salt correction, please cite:
Peyret, N. (2000) Prediction of Nucleic Acid Hybridization: Parameters and Algorithms PhD dissertation, Wayne State University, Department of Chemistry, Detroit, MI

Enter sequence name:

Enter the sequence to be folded in the box below. All non-alphabet characters will be removed.
FASTA format may be used.

Output

Enter constraint information in the box at the right. (optional) You may:

force bases i,i+1,...,i+k-1 to be double stranded by entering:
F i 0 k on 1 line in the constraint box.
force consecutive base pairs i.j,i+1.j-1, ...,i+k-1.j-k+1 by entering:
F i j k on 1 line in the constraint box.
force bases i,i+1,...,i+k-1 to be single stranded by entering:
P i 0 k on 1 line in the constraint box.
prohibit the consecutive base pairs i.j,i+1.j-1, ...,i+k-1.j-k+1 by entering:
P i j k on 1 line in the constraint box.
prohibit bases i to j from pairing with bases k to l by entering:
P i-j k-l on 1 line in the constraint box.

The DNA sequence is

Folding temperature (between 0° and 100° C)

Ionic conditions:

[Na⁺] [Mg⁺⁺]

Units:

M mM

Correction type:

Oligomer Polymer

Enter the percent suboptimality number.

Enter an upper bound on the number of computed foldings.

Enter the window parameter if you wish.

Enter the maximum distance between paired bases if you wish.

Your job can be processed while you wait (the default) or can be submitted for batch processing by pressing the button below. In this case, you will be notified at a later time that the job is finished. Please make sure your E-mail address is correct in the window below.

Current limits: 2400 bases for an immediate job, 2400 for batch.

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Choose structure format:

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Bases:

Outline:

Grid lines in energy dot plot:

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Choose structure draw mode:

Choose exterior loop type:

Choose base numbering frequency:

Choose sequence numbering offset:

Choose regularization angle in degrees (Not used if 0.):

Choose structure rotation angle:

Choose structure annotation:

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p-num:

ss-count:

high-light:

Enter high-light regions(s):

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