Table 1.

PCR Primers Specific for GAPDH and TPO cDNA, to Generate the T7 RNA Polymerase Template (5′ T7-TPO and 3′ dT-TPO primers) and the TPO Competitor DNA (5′ TPO composite and 3′ TPO primers)

Nucleotide Sequence
5′ GAPDH primer  5′-ATC ATC CCT GCC TCT ACT GG-3′  
3′ GAPDH primer  5′-TGG GTG TCG CTG TTG AAG TC-3′  
5′ TPO primer  5′-CGT TTC CTG ATG CTT GTA GG-3′ 
3′ TPO primer  5′-GAA GGA GAA TAT CCA GGC TG-3′  
5′ T7-TPO primer  5′-GGA TCC TAA TAC GAC TCA CTA TAG GGA GGC GTT TCC TGA TGC TTG TAG G-3′  
3′ TPO-dT primer  5′-TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTG AAG GAG AAT ATC CAG GCT G -3′  
5′ TPO composite primer  5′-CGT TTC CTG ATG CTT GTA GG = C AAA CAG GAC TTC TGG ATT G-3′ 
Nucleotide Sequence
5′ GAPDH primer  5′-ATC ATC CCT GCC TCT ACT GG-3′  
3′ GAPDH primer  5′-TGG GTG TCG CTG TTG AAG TC-3′  
5′ TPO primer  5′-CGT TTC CTG ATG CTT GTA GG-3′ 
3′ TPO primer  5′-GAA GGA GAA TAT CCA GGC TG-3′  
5′ T7-TPO primer  5′-GGA TCC TAA TAC GAC TCA CTA TAG GGA GGC GTT TCC TGA TGC TTG TAG G-3′  
3′ TPO-dT primer  5′-TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTG AAG GAG AAT ATC CAG GCT G -3′  
5′ TPO composite primer  5′-CGT TTC CTG ATG CTT GTA GG = C AAA CAG GAC TTC TGG ATT G-3′ 

In the sequence of the 5′ TPO composite primer, the position of the 86-bp deletion with respect to the TPO cDNA sequence8is indicated (=).