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. 2011 Nov 2;6(11):e27211. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027211

Table 1. Regions of the HIV genome analyzed using the high resolution melting (HRM) diversity assay.

Region analyzeda Corresponding region in HXB2a Sequences of primers used to produce amplicons for HRM diversity analysisb Amplicon size (bp)
GAG1 1998 – 2097 Forward: 5′- AAATTGCAGGGCCCCTAGGAA 100
Reverse: 5′- TTTCCCTAAAAAATTAGCCTGTCT
GAG2 2068 – 2278 Forward: 5′- ACTGAGAGACAGGCTAATTTTTTAG 211
Reverse: 5′- GGTCGTTGCCAAAGAGTGATTTG
POL 2373 – 2597 Forward: 5′- AAATGGAAACCAAAAATGATAG 225
Reverse: 5′- CATTCCTGGCTTTAATTTTACTG
ENV1 7798 – 8036 Forward: 5′- CAGCAGGWAGCACKATGGG 239
Reverse: 5′- GCARATGWGYTTTCCAGAGCADCC
ENV2 7950 – 8119 Forward: 5′- CTYCAGRCAAGARTCYTGGC 170
Reverse: 5′- TCCCAYTSCAKCCARGTC
ENV3 8016 – 8299 Forward: 5′- TGCTCTGGAAARCWCATYTGC 284
Reverse: 5′- AARCCTCCTACTATCATTATRA
a

See Figure 1.

b

Mixed nucleotides were present at some positions (W: A/T; K: G/T; R: A/G; Y: C/T; D: A/G/T; S: G/C).