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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Usage

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

Tool comparison