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. 2003 Sep;41(9):4438–4441. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4438-4441.2003

TABLE 2.

Oligonucleotide primers and probes

Designation Sequencea Amplicon size (bp) Target Source or reference
Primers
    Smut3368-F 5′-GCCTACAGCTCAGAGATGCTATTCT-3′ 114 gtfB UA159
    Smut3481-R 5′-GCCATACACCACTCATGAATTGA-3′
    Ssob287-F 5′-TTCAAAGCCAAGACCAAGCTAGT-3′ 88 gtfT OMZ176
    Ssob374-R 5′-CCAGCCTGAGATTCAGCTTGT-3′
    Uni152-F 5′-CGCTAGTAATCGTGGATCAGAATG-3′ 69 16S rRNA 21
    Uni220-R 5′-TGTGACGGGCGGTGTGTA-3′
Fluorescent probes
    Smut3423T 5′-FAM-TGGAAATGACGGTCGCCGTTATGAA-TAMRA-3′ gtfB UA159
    Ssob298T 5′-FAM-CCTGCTCCAGCGACAAAGGCAGC-TAMRA-3′ gtfT OMZ176
    Uni177T 5′-FAM-CACGGTGAATACGTTCCCGGGC-TAMRA-3′ 16S rRNA 21
a

Accession numbers are M17361 for the S. mutans gtfB gene and D13928 for the S. sobrinus gtfT gene.