Table 1.
PCR mixtures and conditions used for the MIRU-VNTR genotyping
| Multiplex | Locus | Alias | VNTR length (bp) | [MgCl2] (mM) | PCR primer pairs (5' to 3'), with labelling indicated in bracketsa |
| Mix 1 | 580 | MIRU 4 | 77 | 3 | GCGCGAGAGCCCGAACTGC (FAM) GCGCAGCAGAAACGCCAGC |
| 2996 | MIRU 26 | 51 | 3 | TAGGTCTACCGTCGAAATCTGTGAC CATAGGCGACCAGGCGAATAG (HEX) |
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| 802 | MIRU 40 | 54 | 3 | GGGTTGCTGGATGACAACGTGT (TAMRA) GGGTGATCTCGGCGAAATCAGATA |
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| Mix 2 | 960 | MIRU 10 | 53 | 2 | GTTCTTGACCAACTGCAGTCGTCC GCCACCTTGGTGATCAGCTACCT (FAM) |
| 1644 | MIRU 16 | 53 | 2 | TCGGTGATCGGGTCCAGTCCAAGTA CCCGTCGTGCAGCCCTGGTAC (HEX) |
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| 3192 | MIRU 31 | 53 | 2 | ACTGATTGGCTTCATACGGCTTTA GTGCCGACGTGGTCTTGAT (TAMRA) |
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| Mix 3 | 424 | Mtub04 | 51 | 1.5 | CTTGGCCGGCATCAAGCGCATTATT GGCAGCAGAGCCCGGGATTCTTC (FAM) |
| 577 | ETR C | 58 | 1.5 | CGAGAGTGGCAGTGGCGGTTATCT (HEX) AATGACTTGAACGCGCAAATTGTGA |
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| 2165 | ETR A | 75 | 1.5 | AAATCGGTCCCATCACCTTCTTAT (TAMRA) CGAAGCCTGGGGTGCCCGCGATTT | |
| Mix 4 | 2401 | Mtub30 | 58 | 3 | CTTGAAGCCCCGGTCTCATCTGT (FAM) ACTTGAACCCCCACGCCCATTAGTA |
| 3690 | Mtub39 | 58 | 3 | CGGTGGAGGCGATGAACGTCTTC (HEX) TAGAGCGGCACGGGGGAAAGCTTAG |
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| 4156 | QUB-4156 | 59 | 3 | TGACCACGGATTGCTCTAGT GCCGGCGTCCATGTT (TAMRA) |
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| Mix 5 | 2163b | QUB-11b | 69 | 1.5 | CGTAAGGGGGATGCGGGAAATAGG CGAAGTGAATGGTGGCAT (FAM) |
| 1955 | Mtub21 | 57 | 1.5 | AGATCCCAGTTGTCGTCGTC (HEX) CAACATCGCCTGGTTCTGTA |
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| 4052 | QUB-26 | 111 | 1.5 | AACGCTCAGCTGTCGGAT (TAMRA) CGGCCGTGCCGGCCAGGTCCTTCCCGAT |
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a VIC and NED labeling used in reference 19 have been replaced by HEX (5'-hexachloro-fluorescein phosphoramidite) and TAMRA (6'-carboxy-tetramethyl-rhodamine), respectively.