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The 'mfold' software is a tool for nucleic acid folding and hybridization prediction. It was developed by M. Zuker in the late 1980s for RNA folding and improved for DNA folding in 1996.

Tool home page: mfold.org. Similar results to those produced by UGENE can be obtained using the mfold web server (DNA prediction, RNA prediction) or using the OligoAnalyzer tool. For complete documentation on the tool, see a) on the website, b) in the article, c) in the source code in the corresponding folder.

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Open the dialog

mfold only works with DNA or RNA sequences. You can trigger the dialog from
by selecting the appropriate Sequence View Global action 
or through the Main Menu→Actions→Analyze                    
or through the Sequence Context Menu→Analyze             

This is what the mfold dialog looks like

Input parameters

The tool is passed explicit and implicit parameters. Explicit parameters are set in the dialog, implicit parameters are taken from the sequence context.

Algorithm settings

For complete settings details, see the documentation on the mfold website or documentation in source.

This is the Settings section of the mfold settings tab.

ParameterUnitDefaultLimitsDescription
Temperature°C37[0,100]

The folding temperature is fixed at 37°C for RNA, but can take any integer value within acceptable limits for DNA.

Ionic conditionsMNa=1[0,1.5]

Ionic conditions are used to enter total monovalent (for Na) and divalent (Mg) ions concentrations.

Ionic conditions may be altered for DNA folding only. For RNA, the ionic conditions are fixed in default values.


Mg=0







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