Volume 20, Number 5—May 2014
Research
Molecular Characterization of Cryptically Circulating Rabies Virus from Ferret Badgers, Taiwan
Table 1
Primer | Sequence, 5′→3′ | Amplicon size, nt | Position, nt |
---|---|---|---|
3′F | GTACCTAGACGCTTAACAAC | 499 | 1–499 |
3′R | AAGACCGACTAAGGACGCAT | ||
NF | ATGTAACACCTCTACAATGG | 1,533 | 55–1587 |
NR | CAGTCTCYTCNGCCATCT | ||
PF | GAACCAYCCCAAAYATGAG | 1,001 | 1500–2500 |
PR | TTCATTTTRTYAGTGGTGTTGC | ||
MF | AAAAACRGGCAACACCACT | 641 | 2479–3119 |
MR | TCCTCYAGAGGTAWACAAGTG | ||
G1F | TGGTGTATAACATGRAYTC | 1,097 | 3000–4096 |
G1R | ACCCATGTYCCRTCATAAG | ||
G2F | TGGATTTGTGGATKAAAGAGGC | 1,542 | 3995–5536 |
G2R | GAGTTNAGRTTGTARTCAGAG | ||
L1F | TGGRGAGGTYTATGATGACCC | 726 | 5430–6155 |
L1R | CAGCATNAGTGTRTAGTTTCTGTC | ||
L2F | GGTCGATTATGATAAKGCATTTGG | 704 | 5885–6588 |
L2R | TTGACAGACCCTTTCGATAATC | ||
L3F | GGATCAATTCGACAACATACATG | 550 | 6473–7024 |
L3R | AAGTCTTCATCHGGCARTCCTCC | ||
L4F | AGACTAGCTTCHTGGYTGTCAG | 708 | 6882–7589 |
L4R | TACTTTGGTTCTTGTGTTCCTG | ||
L5F | AGTGTTTGGATTGAAGAGAGTGTT | 662 | 7337–7998 |
L5R | GAAAGACTGCCTGCACTGACAT | ||
L6F | AATAGTCAACCTCGCCAATATAATG | 767 | 7897–8645 |
L6R | GGATCTCTGAGTTGTAGAAGGATTC | ||
L7F | CCGAGTCAATCATTGGATTGATAC | 621 | 8517–9137 |
L7R | GAATACCCTCCTTCGCTGTATCTG | ||
L8F | GAGAAGGTCACCAATGTTGATG | 1,045 | 8958–10002 |
L8R | AGATCCAYARCCAGTCATTCTC | ||
L9F | ACATAATGCTCAGAGAACCGT | 503 | 9820–10322 |
L9R | CCATTCTGAACATCCTACCTT | ||
L10F | TGTTCAGAATGGGTCTGCTCT | 509 | 10302–10811 |
L10R | TGCATCGCAAATAATGAGGT | ||
L11F | ATTATTTGCGATGCAGAAGT | 524 | 10797–11320 |
L11R | ATGATAGCCACTTTAGACAGAGT | ||
L12F | GTTACAGAGGGGAACTCTGTCT | 386 | 11285–11670 |
L12R | TCTTCACTATCTTGTAAATCAACCT | ||
5′F | TGGATCAGGTTGATTTACAAGATAGT | 293 | 11640–11932 |
5′R | ACGCTTAACAAATAAACAACAAAAAT |
*Primers were from Lei et al. (10).
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