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Published in final edited form as: Microbes Infect. 2007 Jan 12;9(4):10.1016/j.micinf.2006.12.012. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.12.012

Table 1.

Primers used in PCR reactions for cagA, vacA and tsaΔ amplifications

Name	Sequence 5′➝3′
A17BN1	agatctcatatgaaaaatggcaaaaataaggatttcagcaag
A17 BH2	ggatccaagctctattattctgataccgcttgattgagattgtc
CagA5	taaggagaaacaatgactaacgaa
CagA6	atgaaaataggcgtttttgatagcggt
CagA7	ttaagatttttggaaaccaccttttgt
A6261^*	tgcggatccatatgttagttacaaaacttgcccccgat
A62M^*	taaataagcttctctcaaagcgatcgcttcttcaaacagcacatc
VA3F^**	ggtcaaaatgcggtcatgg
VA3R	ccattggtacctgtagaaac
VA4F^**	ggagccccaggaaacattg
VA4R	cataactagcgccttgcac
VA1F^**	atggaaatacaacaaacacac
VA1R	ctgcttgaatgcgccaaac
VA1F^**	atggaaatacaacaaacacac
VA1R	ctgcttgaatgcgccaaac
SS1F^**	gtcagcatcacaccgcaac
VA1R	ctgcttgaatgcgccaaac
SS3F^**	agcgccataccgcaagag
VA1R	ctgcttgaatgcgccaaac
SS2F^**	gctaacacgccaaatgatcc
VA1R	ctgcttgaatgcgccaaac

Primers used for amplification of the H. pylori tsaA gene.

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Primers pairs used for amplification of different regions of H. pylori vacA gene