Table 1

PCR coanditions and primers for the detection of KHV


Gilad
Gray
TK

Primer sequences
5'-GACGACGCCGGA GACCTTGTG-3'
5'-CACAAGTTCAGTCT GTTCCTCAAC-3'
5'-GACACCACATCTGCAA GGAG-3'
5'-GACACATGTTACAAT GGTGGC-3'
5'-GGGTTACCTGTACGAG-3'
5'-CACCCAGTAGAT TATGC-3'
Fragment size
484 bp
290 bp
409 bp
Enzyme
1 unit Taq DNA polymerase platinum (Invitrogen)
1 unit Taq DNA polymerase (Promega)
1 unit Taq DNA polymerase platinum (Invitrogen)
Reaction buffer
*Tris-HCl 20 nM pH = 8.4
KCl 50 mM
MgCl2 2 mM
(NH4)2SO4 15 mM
*Taq platinum buffer
Tris-HCl 60 nM pH = 8.3
MgCl2 2 mM
(NH4)2SO415 mM
*Tris-HCl 20 nM pH = 8.4
KCl 50 mM
MgCl2 1.5 mM
*Taq platinum buffer
Primers / dNTP's
30 pmole /reaction 400 μM
0.25 μg/reaction 10 μM
0.4 μg/reaction 200 μM
DNA concentration
157 ng/reaction)
157 ng/reaction
157 ng/reaction
PCR reaction volume
50 μl
50 μl
50 μl
Program
95°c for 5 min
94°c for 1 min
68°c for 1 min
72°c for 30 sec
39 cycles
72 C for 7 min
94°c for 1 min
55°c for 2 min
72°c for 3 min
30 cycles
72°c for 7 min
95°c 5 min
95°c 30 sec
52°c 30 sec
72°c 1 min
35 cycles
72°c for 10 min
PCR apparatus
Biometra -T Gradient
Biometra -T Gradient
Biometra -T Gradient

Bercovier et al. BMC Microbiology 2005 5:13   doi:10.1186/1471-2180-5-13