Table 1.

Primers used for PCR

Genesa	S/ASb	Primer sequences	Product size (bp)
p16M	S	5′-TTA TTA GAG GGT GGG GCG GAT CGC-3′	150
	AS	5′-GAC CCC GAA CCG CGA CCG TAA-3′
p16U	S	5′-TTA TTA GAG GGT GGG GTG GAT TGT-3′	151
	AS	5′-CAA CCC CAA ACC ACA ACC ATA A-3′
p53M	S	5′-GTA GTT TGA ACG TTT TTA TTT TGG C-3′	115
	AS	5′-CCT ACT ACG CCC TCT ACA AAC G-3′
p53U	S	5′-GTA GTT TGA ATG TTT TTA TTT TGG T-3′	115
	AS	5′-CCT ACT ACA CCC TCT ACA AAC A-3′

^aM methylated, U unmethylated

^bS/AS sense/antisense