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Primer Design Exercise PCR primers must be complementary and anti-parallel to your sequence of interest. Two primers are used, one for each strand of DNA. Design primers 18-22 nt long to amplify the segment of DNA below. Indicate the 5' and 3' ends of your primers. For the sake of simplicity, only the coding strand of the DNA is shown below. The segment indicated as --- represents an internal sequence, 500 nt long. 5' A C A T G A G G G C T T G A C T G C T G C---G G T A T C C T A C G G T A A A G C T A T 3' Forward Primer : Reverse Primer :

          Primer Design Exercise
PCR primers must be complementary and anti-parallel to your sequence of interest. Two primers are used, one for each strand of DNA. Design primers 18-22 nt long to amplify the segment of DNA below. Indicate the 5' and 3' ends of your primers. For the sake of simplicity, only the coding strand of the DNA is shown below. The segment indicated as --- represents an internal sequence, 500 nt long.

5' A C A T G A G G G C T T G A C T G C T G C---G G T A T C C T A C G G T A A A G C T A T 3'

Forward Primer :
Reverse Primer :

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Primer Design Exercise
PCR primers must be complementary and anti-parallel to your sequence of interest. Two primers are used, one for each strand of DNA. Design primers 18-22 nt long to amplify the segment of DNA below. Indicate the 5' and 3' ends of your primers. For the sake of simplicity, only the coding strand of the DNA is shown below. The segment indicated as — represents an internal sequence, 500 nt long.

5' A C A T G A G G G C T T G A C T G C T G C—G G T A T C C T A C G G T A A A G C T A T 3'

Forward Primer :
Reverse Primer :

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PCR primers must be complementary and anti-parallel to your sequence of interest. Two primers are used, one for each strand of DNA. Design primers 18-22 nt long to amplify the segment of DNA below. Indicate the 5' and 3' ends of your primers. For the sake of simplicity, only the coding strand of the DNA is shown below. The segment indicated as --- represents an internal sequence, 500 nt long: 5' A C A T G A G G G C T T G A C T G C T G C---G G T A T C C T A C G G T A A A G C T A T 3' Forward Primer : Reverse Primer :

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