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. 2008 Sep 3;46(11):3595–3598. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01635-08

TABLE 1.

Sequences of primers used in PCRs for detection of BKV, JCV, and SV40, KIPyV and WUPyV, and MCPyV

Primer name Sequence (5′-3′) Virus Region Position (bp) GenBank accession no.
Nested outer primersa
    P-3 GTATACACAGCAAAGGAAGC BKV LT 2475-2494 V01109 (strain MM)
JCV LT 4179-4198 NC_001699 (strain Mad-1)b
SV40 LT 4327-4346 AF316139 (strain 776)
    P-4 GCTCATCAGCCTGATTTTGG BKV LT 2827-2846
JCV LT 4790-4809
SV40 LT 4940-4959
Nested inner primersc
    P-1 AGTCTTTAGGGTCTTCTACC BKV LT 2551-2570 V01109 (strain MM)
JCV LT 4255-4274 NC_001699 (strain Mad-1)b
SV40 LT 4406-4425 AF316139 (strain 776)
    P-2 GGTGCCAACCTATGGAACAG BKV LT 2707-2726
JCV LT 4408-4427
SV40 LT 4453-4572
KIPyV2263.F TTGGATGAAAATGGCATTGG KIPyV VP1 2263-2282 EF127906
WUPyV VP1 2411-2430 EF444550
KIPyV2404.R TAACCCTTCTTTGTCTAAAATGTAGCCd KIPyV VP1 2404-2378
WUPyV VP1 2552-2526
MCPyLT1709.F CAGGCATGCCTGTGAATTAGGATG MCPyV LT 1709-1732 EU375803
MCPyLT1846.R TCAGGCATCTTATTCACTCC MCPyV LT 1846-1827
a

First described by Bogdanovic et al., 1994 (5).

b

From reference 9a.

c

First described by Arthur et al., 1989 (2a).

d

The site of mismatch with the WUPyV sequence is boldfaced.