Table 1.
Targets, primer and probe sequences and GenBank accession numbers of sequences used for assay design.
| Target | Polarity | Sequence (5'-3') | Acc. no. |
| β-actin | Sense | AACCGCGAGAAATCATGTTTG | AY582799 |
| Antisense | CAGAGGCGTACAGGGATAGCA | ||
| HERV-W env | Sense | CCAATGCATCAGGTGGGTAAC | n/a |
| Antisense | GAGGTACCACAGACAAAAAATATTCCT | ||
| Syncytin | Sense | GTTAACTTTGTCTCTTCCAGAATCGA | NM_014590 |
| Antisense | CATCAGATCGTGGGCTAGCA | ||
| Interferon-β | Sense | ACCTCCGAAACTGAAGATCTCCTA | NM_002176 |
| Antisense | TGCTGGTTGAAGAATGCTTGA | ||
| 11q13 gag | Sense | GTTTGCGGCACCAATCTGT | n/a |
| Antisense | CGATCTCTGGTATCTCAGGTCAATG | ||
| HSV-1 glycoprotein D | Sense | TTTGCGGAATTGTGTACTGGAT | AY155225 |
| Antisense | GAGGCGTATGCGCTTTGG | ||
| 5p13 gag | Sense | CCTGAGGGCCATGACTAAAGAG | n/a |
| Antisense | CCGCCTTAGGCCCAGAGT | ||
| Seg. 8 A/WSN/33 | Sense | CAGCACTCTCGGTCTGGACAT | U13683 |
| Antisense | TCCTTCAGAATCCGCTCCACTA | ||
| HERV-W gag | Sense | TCAGGTCAACAATAGGATGACAACA | n/a |
| Antisense | CAATGAGGGTCTACACTGGGAACT | ||
| HERV-W 3q26.32 gag ORF, MGB-probe | 6-FAM-CCTGTGGGAGTTGTT-MGB | AF156961 |