Table 1

methBLAST results of a panel of assays from methPrimerDB (1–12) and literature (13–14).





Best hit when both primers align on correct target
First misalignment





#
ID
Assay type
Gene symbol
Sequence identifier
Score (bits)
E value
Sequence identifier
Score (bits)
E value

1
14
BiPS
VHL
gb|L15409.1| [BISUL_METH_RC]
40.1 (20)
0.32
dbj|D64176.1| [BISUL_METH_RC]
32.2 (16)
79
2
236
BiPS
NKX3-1
gb|U91540.1| [BISUL_UNMETH_FW]
46.1 (23)
0.007
dbj|AP005361.2| [BISUL_UNMETH_RC]
44.1 (22)
0.026
3
26
Ms-SNuPE
RARB
emb|X56849.1| [BISUL_UNMETH_FW]
44.8 (22)
0.015
dbj|AP001217.3| [BISUL_UNMETH_RC]
40.8 (20)
0.25
4
28
Ms-SNuPE
CDKN2A
dbj|AB060808.1| [BISUL_UNMETH_RC]
46.1 (23)
0.007
emb|AL590456.5| [BISUL_UNMETH_RC]
40.1 (20)
0.41
5
13
COBRA
ESR1
gb|M69297.1| [BISUL_UNMETH_RC]
46.1 (23)
0.006
gb|AE014307.1| [BISUL_UNMETH_RC]
40.1 (20)
0.40
6
16
COBRA
FLT1
emb|AL139005.12| [BISUL_UNMETH_RC]
40.8 (20)
0.22
emb|AL731546.4| [BISUL_UNMETH_FW]
38.8 (19)
0.91
7
24
BiSeq
CDKN2C
gb|AY094608.1| [BISUL_UNMETH_FW]
50.1 (25)
4e-04
gb|AC027334.5| [BISUL_UNMETH_FW]
40.1 (20)
0.43
8
83
BiSeq
SERPINB5
gb|AC036176.8| [BISUL_UNMETH_RC]
60.0 (30)
7e-07
emb|AL133413.5| [BISUL_UNMETH_FW]
52.0 (26)
2e-04
9
1
MSP-unmeth
VHL
gb|AC018808.5| [BISUL_UNMETH_RC]
48.1 (24)
0.002
emb|AL513423.3| [BISUL_UNMETH_RC]
44.1 (22)
0.025
10
1
MSP-meth
VHL
gb|L15409.1| [BISUL_METH_FW]
44.1 (22)
0.021
gb|AC079148.9| [BISUL_METH_FW]
36.2 (18)
5.1
11
17
MSP-unmeth
CDKN2A
dbj|AB060808.1| [BISUL_UNMETH_RC]
48.1 (24)
0.002
emb|AL137127.7| [BISUL_UNMETH_RC]
42.1 (21)
0.11
12
17
MSP-meth
CDKN2A
gb|AF044170.1| [BISUL_METH_FW]
48.1 (24)
0.002
emb|AL137077.31| [BISUL_METH_RC]
36.2 (18)
6.4
13
Ref [15]
MSP-unmeth
CDKN2A
dbj|AP001626.1| [BISUL_UNMETH_RC]
38.2 (19)
1.7
emb|AL161774.49| [BISUL_UNMETH_FW]
44.1 (22)
0.028
14
Ref [15]
MSP-meth
CDKN2A
Na
Na
Na
gb|AC092171.4| [BISUL_METH_FW]
38.2 (19)
1.7

This list summarizes the output of 14 individual methBLAST searches. We randomly selected two assays from the five assay types available in methPrimerDB and listed the sequence identifier, the score and E value of the best hit when both the forward and reverse primer align correctly on the desired target and of the first alignment on an undesired target sequence. The MSP assays have two primer pairs resulting in two methBLAST outputs (9–14). All misalignment hits are the result from partial alignment of one of the primers of an assay. This does not result in aspecific amplification. The alignments of the primers from the assays submitted in methPrimerDB are correct and do not demonstrate any potentially amplifiable misalignments. Alignment results #13 and #14 were generated with primers published in literature [15] that are almost identical to the primers from methPrimerDB ID 17 for which the results are numbered as #11 and #12. Result #13 shows correct but incomplete alignment compared to result #12 and attempt #14 does not lead to any correct alignment.

Abbreviations: ID: methPrimerDB ID; BiPS: PCR-single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis; Ms-SNuPE: methylation-sensitive single-nucleotide primer extension; COBRA: combined bisulphite restriction analysis; BiSeq: Bisulphite Sequencing; MSP-unmeth: methylation-specific PCR for unmethylated target detection; MSP-meth: methylation-specific PCR for methylated target detection

Pattyn et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2006 7:496   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-7-496