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Oligonucleotide primers used in the WRLFMD for RT-PCR and cycle sequencing of foot-and-mouth disease viruses.

Primer Primer (5' 6 3') Location__________________
designation_____sequence________________________Gene___Nucleotides___Use____

Positive sense primers
ARS4             ACCAACCTCCTTGATGTGGCT                   VP3        124-145        PCR
A-1C562        TACCAAATTACACACGGGAA                     VP3        562-581        PCR
C-1C536        TACAGGGATGGGTCTGTGTGTACC          VP3        536-559        PCR
As1-1C505     TACACTGCTTCTGACGTGGC                     VP3        505-524        PCR
SAT-1D209F  CCACATACTACTTTTGTGACCTGGA          VP1        209-234        PCR

Negative sense primers
NK61               GACATGTCCTCCTGCATCTG                      2B        58-77          RT+PCR
SAT-2B208R    ACAGCGGCCATGCACGACAG                    2B        208-227      RT+PCR
NK72               GAAGGGCCCAGGGTTGGACTC                  2A/2B   34-48; 1-6 Sequencing
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Table 2. Primer combinations used in the WRLFMD to RT-PCR amplify foot-and-mouth disease viruses.

Primers______________________________________
Serotype__ RT*_________Forward_______Reverse________Product length (bp)__

O NK61 ARS4 NK61 1301
A NK61 A-1C562 NK61 863 to 866
C NK61 C-1C536 NK61 877 to 883
Asia 1 NK61 As1-1C505 NK61 908 to 914
SAT 1 SAT-2B208R SAT-1D209F SAT-2B-208R 731
SAT 2 SAT-2B208R SAT-1D209F SAT-2B-208R 716
SAT 3 SAT-2B208R SAT-1D209F SAT-2B-208R 725
* reverse transcription; alternatively random hexamers may be used.


For the O/A/C/Asia 1 primers: Knowles, N.J. and Samual, A.R., (1994)

For the SAT primers: N.J. Knowles, unpublished data

   
 


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