4+2 rule

[Robert Darnell]

Hello all:

I am wondering whether the 4+2 rule actually applies to oligo conditions
that we frequently use (for PCR, sequencing, etc).  Specifically, "it has
been said" that the 4+2 rule applies to Tm's under 1M salt conditions,
which would essentially invalidate it (Tm-16.6) for most applications. 
The noly ref to a reference that I have found was to an old NAR paper that
didn't discuss this at all.

So...

Who knows the origin of the 4+2 rule, and/or what annealing conditions it
was designed to apply to?

thanks!


bob darnell

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Bob Darnell
Rockefeller University
New York, NY