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. 2020 Sep 24;9(39):e00944-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00944-20

TABLE 1.

Primers used for amplification of the SARS-CoV-2 genome

Primer Nucleotide sequence Pool Length (no. of nucleotides) Starta Enda
CoV-2_1_L ACCAACCAACTTTCGATCTCTTGT 1 24 30 54
CoV-2_1_R ATGCACTCAAGAGGGTAGCCAT 1 22 867 845
CoV-2_2_L AGTGGTGTTACCCGTGAACTCA 2 22 763 785
CoV-2_2_R ACCTTCGGAACCTTCTCCAACA 2 22 1600 1578
CoV-2_3_L_v2 GGCTGTGTGTTCTCTTATGTTGGT 1 24 1487 1510
CoV-2_3_R ACAATCCCTTTGAGTGCGTGAC 1 22 2414 2392
CoV-2_4_L TTTGGCTTTGTGTGCTGACTCT 2 22 2319 2341
CoV-2_4_R AGCAGAAGTGGCACCAAATTCC 2 22 3166 3144
CoV-2_5_L GATTGTGAAGAAGAAGAGTTTGAGCC 1 26 3067 3093
CoV-2_5_R CAGCGATCTTTTGTTCAACTTGCT 1 24 3878 3854
CoV-2_6_L TCGCACAAATGTCTACTTAGCTGT 2 24 3771 3795
CoV-2_6_R ACCGAGCAGCTTCTTCCAAATT 2 22 4658 4636
CoV-2_7_L ACAACTGTAGCGTCACTTATCAACA 1 25 4549 4574
CoV-2_7_R AGCATCTTGTAGAGCAGGTGGA 1 22 5359 5337
CoV-2_8_L ACTTCTATTAAATGGGCAGATAACAACTG 2 29 5257 5286
CoV-2_8_R AGCCACCACATCACCATTTAAGT 2 23 6172 6149
CoV-2_9_L CCATATCCAAACGCAAGCTTCG 1 22 6019 6041
CoV-2_9_R GCCTCTAGACAAAATTTACCGACACT 1 26 6903 6877
CoV-2_10_L AAACCGTGTTTGTACTAATTATATGCCTT 2 29 6747 6776
CoV-2_10_R ACTGTAGTGACAAGTCTCTCGCA 2 23 7694 7671
CoV-2_11_L GCTTTTGCAAACTACACAATTGGAAT 1 26 7592 7618
CoV-2_11_R GCAGCACTACGTATTTGTTTTCGT 1 24 8463 8439
CoV-2_12_L GCGCAGGTAGCAAAAAGTCACA 2 22 8365 8387
CoV-2_12_R TGATCTTTCACAAGTGCCGTGC 2 22 9241 9219
CoV-2_13_L TGCTCATGGATGGCTCTATTATTCAA 1 26 9128 9154
CoV-2_13_R GAGCCTTTGCGAGATGACAACA 1 22 9977 9955
CoV-2_14_L GTGATGTGCTATTACCTCTTACGCA 2 25 9848 9873
CoV-2_14_R CAGCAGCGTACAACCAAGCTAA 2 22 10688 10666
CoV-2_15_L CAACTGGAGTTCATGCTGGCAC 1 22 10556 10578
CoV-2_15_R GTCCACACTCTCCTAGCACCAT 1 22 11394 11372
CoV-2_16_L TGTCTGGTTTTAAGCTAAAAGACTGTGT 2 28 11285 11313
CoV-2_16_R ATCACCATTAGCAACAGCCTGC 2 22 12181 12159
CoV-2_17_L GGCAACCTTACAAGCTATAGCCT 1 23 12078 12101
CoV-2_17_R CCTACAAGGTGGTTCCAGTTCTG 1 23 12907 12884
CoV-2_18_L GGAGGTAGGTTTGTACTTGCACTG 2 24 12793 12817
CoV-2_18_R CGTCCTTTTCTTGGAAGCGACA 2 22 13621 13599
CoV-2_19_L ACAGGCACTAGTACTGATGTCGT 1 23 13509 13532
CoV-2_19_R TGGGTGGTATGTCTGATCCCAA 1 22 14328 14306
CoV-2_20_L CAAAGCCTTACATTAAGTGGGATTTGT 2 27 14224 14251
CoV-2_20_R GGTGCGAGCTCTATTCTTTGCA 2 22 15108 15086
CoV-2_21_L AGGATCAAGATGCACTTTTCGCA 1 23 15004 15027
CoV-2_21_R AGTAAGGTCAGTCTCAGTCCAACA 1 24 15858 15834
CoV-2_22_L TGCATCTCAAGGTCTAGTGGCT 2 22 15749 15771
CoV-2_22_R GCGTTTCTGCTGCAAAAAGCTT 2 22 16648 16626
CoV-2_23_L CGATAATGTTACTGACTTTAATGCAATTGC 1 30 16535 16565
CoV-2_23_R GTGCAGGTAATTGAGCAGGGTC 1 22 17458 17436
CoV-2_24_L TCTTTGATGAAATTTCAATGGCCACA 2 26 17350 17376
CoV-2_24_R GCTTCTTCGCGGGTGATAAACA 2 22 18275 18253
CoV-2_25_L TGGCATACCTAAGGACATGACCT 1 23 18167 18190
CoV-2_25_R ACCAATGTCGTGAAGAACTGGG 1 22 19038 19016
CoV-2_26_L TGATGAACTGAAGATTAATGCGGCT 2 25 18938 18963
CoV-2_26_R GCAGCAATGTCCACACCCAAAT 2 22 19862 19840
CoV-2_27_L ACACAAAAGTTGATGGTGTTGATGT 1 25 19714 19739
CoV-2_27_R GGTTGCCACGCTTGACTAGATT 1 22 20678 20656
CoV-2_28_L TCTGTAGTTTCTAAGGTTGTCAAAGTGA 2 28 20553 20581
CoV-2_28_R AAAGACATAACAGCAGTACCCCTTAA 2 26 21443 21417
CoV-2_29_L_v2 CAAACCACGCGAACAAATAG 1 20 21297 21316
CoV-2_29_R_v2 CGAAAAACCCTGAGGGAGAT 1 20 22225 22206
CoV-2_30_L AAACAGGGTAATTTCAAAAATCTTAGGGAA 2 30 22105 22135
CoV-2_30_R TGTGCTACCGGCCTGATAGATT 2 22 22996 22974
CoV-2_31_L AACAATCTTGATTCTAAGGTTGGTGGT 1 27 22876 22903
CoV-2_31_R TGCTGCATTCAGTTGAATCACCA 1 23 23813 23790
CoV-2_32_L ACCCACAAATTTTACTATTAGTGTTACCAC 2 30 23703 23733
CoV-2_32_R TGCACTTCAGCCTCAACTTTGT 2 22 24537 24515
CoV-2_33_L TGCACAAGCTTTAAACACGCTT 1 22 24426 24448
CoV-2_33_R GCAGCAGGATCCACAAGAACAA 1 22 25324 25302
CoV-2_34_L CTAGGTTTTATAGCTGGCTTGATTGC 2 26 25213 25239
CoV-2_34_R ACATGTTCAACACCAGTGTCTGT 2 23 26075 26052
CoV-2_35_L GGGAATCTGGAGTAAAAGACTGTGT 1 25 25969 25994
CoV-2_35_R AATGACCACATGGAACGCGTAC 1 22 26857 26835
CoV-2_36_L TGGATCACCGGTGGAATTGCTA 2 22 26744 26766
CoV-2_36_R GTGTTTTACGCCGTCAGGACAA 2 22 27612 27590
CoV-2_37_L ACGAGGGCAATTCACCATTTCA 1 22 27511 27533
CoV-2_37_R ACTGCCAGTTGAATCTGAGGGT 1 22 28351 28329
CoV-2_38_L AGAGTATCATGACGTTCGTGTTGT 2 24 28219 28243
CoV-2_38_R GCTTCTTAGAAGCCTCAGCAGC 2 22 29045 29023
CoV-2_39_L TGCTTGACAGATTGAACCAGCT 1 22 28940 28962
CoV-2_39_R TTCTCCTAAGAAGCTATTAAAATCACATGG 1 30 29866 29836
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Nucleotide positions relative to the Wuhan Hu-1 reference genome.