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DescriptionPython wrapper for DNA primer design and analysis

Primers are short, single-stranded DNA or RNA molecules that provide a starting point for DNA synthesis. In the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a pair of primers defines the DNA segment to be amplified.

Primer3-py provides Python bindings for the Primer3 DNA primer design library. It supports PCR primer selection, melting temperature calculations, and thermodynamic analysis of hairpins, homodimers and heterodimers.

The bindings use a modified Primer3 library with thread-safe thermodynamic calculations and a Cython interface for efficient access from Python.

MaintainerSteffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>
Changed BySteffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>
Sponsormoeller@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureany
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/python-primer3-py.git (browse)
Closes#1149890
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/python-primer3-py
Uploaded3 hours ago

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Sourcepython-primer3-py
Version2.3.1-1
Changed-BySteffen Moeller
Architecturesource amd64
Distributionunstable
DateSat, 03 Oct 2026 19:18:45 +0200
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python-primer3-py (2.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * Initial release (Closes: #1149890).
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Componentmain
Package-Listpython3-primer3-py deb python optional arch=any
Sectionpython
Priorityoptional
debian/copyright◂
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: primer3-py
Upstream-Contact:
 Ben Pruitt <bpruittvt@gmail.com>,
 Nick Conway <a.grinner@gmail.com>
Source: https://github.com/libnano/primer3-py

Files: *
Copyright:
 2014-2026 Ben Pruitt and Nick Conway
 2014-2026 Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
License: GPL-2+

Files: primer3/src/libprimer3/*
Copyright:
 1996-2022 Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
 1996-2022 Steve Rozen and Helen Skaletsky
 1996-2022 Andreas Untergasser
 2014-2023 Ben Pruitt and Nick Conway
 2014-2016 Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
License: GPL-2+
Comment: The bundled Primer3 2.6.1 sources include changes to support the
 Python bindings and thread-safe calculations. They cannot be replaced by
 the unmodified system Primer3 library; see
 docs/included_primer3_modifications.md and docs/miscellany.md.

Files:
 primer3/src/libprimer3/amplicontm.c
 primer3/src/libprimer3/amplicontm.h
 primer3/src/libprimer3/amplicontm_main.c
Copyright: 2021 Andreas Untergasser
License: GPL-3+
Comment: Amplicon3 is based on MeltPolymer.c from Erik Wright's DECIPHER
 package, which is licensed under GPL-3.

Files: primer3/src/libprimer3/klib/*
Copyright: 2008-2011 Attractive Chaos <attractor@live.co.uk>
License: Expat

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2026 Steffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>
License: GPL-2+

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