Design of allele-specific primers and detection of the human ABO genotyping to avoid the pseudopositive problem |
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Authors: | Yaku Hidenobu Yukimasa Tetsuo Nakano Shu-ichi Sugimoto Naoki Oka Hiroaki |
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Affiliation: | Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Kyoto, Japan. yaku.hidenobu@jp.panasonic.com |
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Abstract: | PCR experiments using DNA primers forming mismatch pairing with template lambda DNA at the 3' end were carried out in order to develop allele-specific primers capable of detecting SNP in genomes without generating pseudopositive amplification products, and thus avoiding the so-called pseudopositive problem. Detectable amounts of PCR products were obtained when primers forming a single or two mismatch pairings at the 3' end were used. In particular, 3' terminal A/C or T/C (primer/template) mismatches tended to allow PCR amplification to proceed, resulting in pseudopositive results in many cases. While less PCR product was observed for primers forming three terminal mismatch pairings, target DNA sequences were efficiently amplified by primers forming two mismatch pairings next to the terminal G/C base pairing. These results indicate that selecting a primer having a 3' terminal nucleotide that recognizes the SNP nucleotide and the next two nucleotides that form mismatch pairings with the template sequence can be used as an allele-specific primer that eliminates the pseudopositive problem. Trials with the human ABO genes demonstrated that this primer design is also useful for detecting a single base pair difference in gene sequences with a signal-to-noise ratio of at least 45. |
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Keywords: | Allele‐specific primer Human ABO gene Pseudopositive problem SNP 3′ terminal mismatch pairings |
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