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Table 3 Sequencing primers for complete HIV-1 PR, RT and IN sequencing

From: Affordable drug resistance genotyping of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, protease and integrase genes, for resource limited settings

Primer (Direction)

Primer sequence

HXB2

Gene

RTC1F (Forward)

ACCTACACCTGTCAACATAATTG

2486–2508

PR and RT

RTC2R (Reverse)

TGTCAATGGCCATTGTTTAACCTTTGG

2630–2604

PR and RT

RTC3F (Forward)

CACCAGGGATTAGATATCAATATAATGTGC

2965–2994

PR and RT

RTC4R (Reverse)

CTAAATCAGATCCTACATACAAGTCATCC

3101–3129

PR and RT

KVL076 (Forward)

GCACAYAAAGGRATTGGAGGAAATGAAC

4161–4188

IN

KVL082 (Forward)

GGVATTCCCTACAATCCCCAAAG

4647–4669

IN

KVL083 (Reverse)

GAATACTGCCATTTGTACTGCTG

4750–4772

IN

PAN2R (Reverse)

CTGCCATCTGTTTTCCATAYTC

5037–5058

IN

Optional primers

 2586F (Forward)

AAGCCAGGAATGGATGGCCCA

2586–2606

PR and RT

 2713R (Reverse)

GGATTTTCAGGCCCAATTTTTG

2713–2692

PR and RT

 PAN3F (Forward)

TTAAAAGAAAAGGGGGGATTGGG

4783–4805

IN

 KVL084 (Reverse)

TCCTGTATGCARACCCCAATATG

5243–5265

IN

  1. HXB2 nucleotide position of HIV-1 reference sequence; IN integrase; PR protease; RT reverse transcriptase