Versions 3.xxx of mfold for Unix and Linux operating systems are available via a free license for academic and nonprofit use only; commercial use is available for a fee. Copyright © is held by Washington University. Washington University seeks additional licensees for commercial development and marketing and invites all interested parties to submit proposals. Please direct all requests for licensing, information, and limited evaluation copies to Washington University's Office of Technology Management by E-mail, software@otm.wustl.edu or by telephone, 1-314-747-0920. Please send a copy of these requests to mfold@bioinfo.rpi.edu. The code is available for download at http://frontend.bioinfo.rpi.edu/zukerm/download/mfold-3.1/. Questions about the code should be addressed to Professor Zuker at zukerm@bioinfo.rpi.edu.

Those who wish to have the mfold software for the sole purpose of using the OligoArray2 software¹ are advised to instead download the new OligoArrayAux software written by Nick Markham. The current version may be obtained here.

A user manual and other information may be found in mfold-3.0-manual.ps.gz or mfold-3.0-manual.pdf.gz at http://frontend.bioinfo.rpi.edu/zukerm/download/.   See also http://frontend.bioinfo.rpi.edu/zukerm/seqanal/ 

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¹J.-M. Rouillard, M. Zuker & E. Gulari.
OligoArray 2.0: Thermodynamicaly improved oligonucleotide design for microarrays.
Nucleic Acids Res. 31 (12), 3057-3062, (2003)  [Abstract] [Full Text]