Table 1.

Oligonucleotide sequences used in this study.

DNA name	Sequences and modifications (from 5′ to 3′)
E gene SNA-DNAa	A*A*A*A*A*A*A*A*AAAA GTTACACTAGCCATCCTTAC
E gene linker probeb	GCGCAGTAAGGATGGCTAGTGTAAC
Forward primer	ACAGGTACGTTAATAGTTAATAGCGT
Reverse primer	ATATTGCAGCAGTACGCACACA
E gene real-time probec	FAM-ACACTAGCCATCCTTACTGCGCTTCG-BBQ

^aPhosphorothioate modification is denoted by “*”.

^bThe underlined bases represent the palindromic sequence.

^cFAM: 6-carboxyfluorescein; BBQ: blackberry quencher.