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Table 1 PCR primer pairs used for RT-PCR confirmatory assays on S. mansoni gender-associated transcripts identified by cDNA microarray analysis

From: Identification of Schistosoma mansonigender-associated gene transcripts by cDNA microarray profiling

Accession number/gene name

PCR primer pairs

PCR product size

AI111005

5' - CTT CCG GAT GTA GAG GAT TTG- 3' 5' - CGG GAT ATG CGT TTG GAC TAG- 3'

301 bp

AI110935

5' - CGT TAA CAG TGC ACA GAT GCC- 3' 5' - GGA ATC CGA CTA CAT CAT TTC- 3'

182 bp

N21956

5' - CAG AAG AAC GAA ACT AAT CAC- 3' 5' - TTC TGA TGA TAC GAT ACC GTG- 3'

245 bp

N21941

5' - ATC ATC ATT ATG GTA CAT CAT- 3' 5' - TGA ATT TCA ACG TAT ATT CTC- 3'

236 bp

AI111017

5' - AAG TGT CCC TGA CAC AAC AAC- 3' 5' - GCC TGT TTC ATT TTC ACC TTC- 3'

137 bp

R95512

5' - TCG TTT ATT AGG AGG AAG ATC- 3' 5' - GCT TTC TGC AGC TTC GAG ACG- 3'

271 bp

AA559631

5' - TGT TAC ATA TAG TGG TGA GGG- 3' 5' - CGA CAC TTA CTG CCT GGA TGG- 3'

210 bp

AA559678

5' - GGT ATA TTT CGA GAA TGT GAG- 3' 5' - CGC TTA GGT TAA TCA TGA ATG- 3'

338 bp

Alpha tubulin

5' - GGC GGT GGT ACT GGT TCT GGG- 3' 5' - CAT TTA GCG CAC CAT CGA AGC- 3'

291 bp

Chorion

5' - GAA ACA GTC ACT CAC ACT CG- 3' 5' - ATG GCT GGG TTT GTA AGT GC- 3'

461 bp

  1. RT-PCR reaction conditions are described in detail in the Materials and methods section. Thirty-five cycles were used for all primer pairs except for alpha-tubulin and clone AA559631 (23 cycles).