Table 3. Genes and amplicons used in the hexaplex body fluid HRM assay.
Body fluid | Gene | Amplicon size
(base pairs) |
Amplicon T m | Primer sequence (5′–3′) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
°C | Range (± 3SD) | ||||
Saliva | HTN3 | 134 | 76.6 | 76.0 – 77.2 | F: GCAAAGAGACATCATGGGTA
R: GCCAGTCAAACCTCCATAATC |
Vaginal | IL19 | 109 | 78.6 | 78.0 – 79.2 | F: AACCACGGTCTCAGGAGATG
R: TGACATTTGGGAAGGTGTCC |
Menstrual blood | MMP10 | 178 | 81.9 | 81.5 – 82.3 | F:
GGGGGTGACGTTGGTCACTTCAGCTC
R: GGGGGCTGGAGAATGTGAGTGGAGT |
Semen | TGM4 | 164 | 82.7 | 82.4 – 83.0 | F: ATGGTGTAAAGAGGACATGGTT
R: GGGAAATGCAGCAGTCCAG |
Skin | CCL27 | 142 | 84.9 | 84.8 – 84.9 | F: AGCACTGCCTGCTGTACTCA
R: AGATGCTGCGTTGAGCCA |
Blood | ALAS2 | 222 | 86.8 | 86.6 – 86.9 | F: TGTGTCCGTCTGGTGTAGTA
R: GAGTCATTGGCAACAAAGCA |
DNA | -- | 80.6 | 80.2 – 80.9 | NA (product originates from IL19) |
*underline indicates non-template sequence addition; report amplicon size includes the non-template sequence additions