Table 1

Characteristics of primers used in nested PCR on P. falciparum DHFR. Lower case denotes nucleotide mismatch.

Reaction
Primer
Nucleotide location
Product size (bp)

Nest I
U1: 5'-GGAAATAAAGGAGTATTACCATG-3'
121..143


U2: 5'-TAAGGTTCTAGACAATATAACA-3'
393..372
273
Nest II
U3: 5'-GAAATGTAaTTCCCTAGATATGgAATATT-3'
144..172


U4: 5'-ATTTATCCTATTGCTTAAAGGT-3'
372..351
229
Nest I
M1: 5'-TTTATGATGGAACAAGTCTGC-3'
3..18


M5: 5'-AGTATATACATCGCTAACAGA-3'
645..625
643
Nest II
F: 5'-GAAATGTAATTCCCTAGATATGgAATATT-3'
144..172


M4: 5'-TTAATTTCCCAAGTAAAACTATTAGAgCTTC-3'
469..439
326

Mharakurwa et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:103   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-103

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