Table 1.

Sequences of the primers used for genotyping in this study that investigated the relationship between polymorphisms in the C-C motif chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) and uridine diphosphate- glucuronosyltransferase 1A (UGT1A) genes and hepatitis B virus infection in two ethnic minority Chinese groups compared with a Han Chinese group.

Gene and loci	Upstream primer	Downstream primer	Product length, base pairs
UGTA1 rs8175347	5′-CTACATAGTCGTCCTTCTTC-3′	5′-ACAGTATCTTCCCAGCAT-3′	433
UGT1A6 rs2070959	a:5′-TAAGGAGAGCAAGTTTGATGCTC-3	5′-GTCTGGGCTTCTGCTGATTGT-3′	145
	b:5′-GGTTTTCCGTGTTCCCTGGAGGATG-3	5′-CTCTTGAGGACAGCTGATGC-3′	200
	c:5′-TAAGGAGAGCAAGTTTGATGCTC-3′	5′-CTCTTGAGGACAGCTGATGC-3′	300
CCR5-59029 rs1799987	5′-GAAGAATCCTGCCACCTAT-3′	5′-CTCTGCTCATCCCACTACA-3′	559
CCR5△32 rs333	5′-AGGTCTTCATTACACCTGCAGC-3′	5′-CTTCTCATTTCGACACCGAAGC-3′	169 (wild-type)137 (mutant)