Table 1

List of primers employed in the study.

Primer
Sequence
PC03
ACACAACTGTGTTCACTAGC
PC04
CAACTTCATCCACGTTCACC
JA9AE
CACAGTACAATGCACACATG
JA9B
CACAGTACAATGTACACATG
JA12A
GCAATAGAAAAATTCTCCTC
JA12B
ACAGTAGAAAAATTCCCCTC
JA10UB
CTGTTAAATGGCAGTCTAGC
JA10UC
CTGTTAAATGGTAGTCTAGC
JA10UG
CTGTTAAATGGCAGTTTAGC
JA11LAE
AATTTCTAGATCCCCTCCTG
JA11LB
AATTTCTGGGTCCCCTCCTG
JA11LC
AATTTCTAGGTCCCCTCCTG
JA11QA
CCCCTCCTGAGGAGTTAGCA
JA11VB
CACAATTAAAACTGTGCATTACAA
JA11XC
TTGTTTTATTAGGGAAGTGTTC
JA11YE
AAATTCCCCTCTACAATTAAAATGA


Primers used in gag HMA
HIG777
TCACCTAGAACTTTGAATGCATGGG
H1P0202
CTAATACTGTATCATCTGCTCCTGT
H1Gag1584
AAAGATGGATAATCCTGGG
g17
TCCACATTTCCAACAGCCCTTTT

PC03/PC04 primers for β-Globin, JA9AE, JA9B are the upstream primers and JA12A, JA12B are the downstream primer for the first round PCR. JA10UB, JA10UC and JA10UG are the inner upstream primers; JA11LAE, JA11LB and JA11LC are the inner downstream general primers. JA11QA, JA11VB, JA11XC and JA11YE are the inner downstream subtype specific primers for subtypes A, B, C and CRF01-AE, respectively.

Primers for gag HMA are relative to HIV-1 group M strain ELI (GenBank accession number K03454)

Khan et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2006 6:164   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-6-164