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. 2014 Nov 26;9(11):e113693. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113693

Table 2. Details of the primer sets used for reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) including the primers tagged for nucleic acid lateral flow (NALF) detection.

Primer name Sequence (5′–3′)
Primers for the detection of HIV-1
Integrase F3 GGT AAG AGA TCA GGC TGA ACA TC
Integrase B3 GCT GGT CCT TTC CAA AGT GG
Integrase BIP Biotin/AGT GCA GGG GAA AGA ATA GTA GAC CTG CTG TCC CTG TAA TAA ACC C
Integrase FIP CCC CAA TCC CCC CTT TTC TTA GAC AGC AGT ACA AAT GGC A
Integrase Loop B GCA ACA GAC ATA CAA ACT AAA G
Integrase Loop F FITC/TTA AAA TTG TGG ATG AAT
Primers for the detection of β-actin
β-actin B3 AGG CCA GGA AGG AGG GAG
β-actin F3 GGC ATC CTC ACC CTG AAG T
β-actin BIP Biotin/TG ACC GAG GCC CCC CTG AAC CAC CAG AAG AGG TAG CGG
β-actin FIP DIG/TCC TCG GGA GCC ACA CGC AGC ATC GTC ACC AAC TGG GAC
β-actin Loop B CGC GAG AAG ATG ACC CAG G
β-actin Loop F GGT GCC AGA TTT TCT CCA TGT C

The HIV and β-actin primer sets are modified for lateral flow detection by the addition of biotin, fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), and digoxigenin (DIG).