Name	Sense	Sequence (from 5′ to 3′)	Description
TAR(+)	+	GGTCTCTCTTGTTAGACCAGGTCGAGCCCGGGAGCTCTCTGGCTAG CAAGGAACCC	Nucleotides 1–56 of HIV-1 MAL strain genomic RNA
TAR(−)	−	GGGTTCCTTGCTAGCCAGAGAGCTCCCGGGCTCGACCTGGTCTAAC AAGAGAGACC	Nucleotides 1–56 of HIV-1 MAL strain genomic RNA
R(+) wt	+	GGTCTCTCTTGTTAGACCAGGTCGAGCCCGGGAGCTCTCTGGCTAG CAAGGAACCCACTGCTTAAGCCTCAATAAAGCTTGCCTTGAGTGCC TCCC	Nucleotides 1–96 of HIV-1 MAL strain genomic RNA
R(−) wt	−	GGGAGGCACTCAAGGCAAGCTTTATTGAGGCTTAAGCAGTGGGTTC CTTGCTAGCCAGAGAGCTCCCGGGCTCGACCTGGTCTAACAAGAGA GACC	Nucleotides 1–96 of HIV-1 MAL strain genomic RNA
R(−).3′-modified	−	GGGAGGCACTCAAGGCAAGCTTTATTGAGGCTTAAGCAGTGGGTTC CTTGCTAGCCAGAGAGCTCCCGGGCTCGACCTGGTCTAACATCAGT CTCTA	Complementary to R(+), but with 3′ terminal mismatches (underlined)
ΔU3-R(+)	+	GCAGCTGCTTTTCGCCTGTACTGGGTCTCTCTTGTTAGACCAGGTCG AGCCCGGGAGCTCTCTGGCTAGCAAGG	Corresponds to part of the LTR. The underlined sequence corresponds to the RNA sequence used in the DNA/RNA exchange assay.
ΔU3-R(−)	−	CCTTGCTAGCCAGAGAGCTCCCGGGCTCGACCTGGTCTAACAAGAG AGACCCAGTACAGGCGAAAAGCAGCTGC	Corresponds to part of the LTR Complementary to the ΔU3-R(+)