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Table 1 Primers for LDLR breakpoint analysis

From: Genomic characterization of large rearrangements of the LDLR gene in Czech patients with familial hypercholesterolemia

Mutation at cDNA level

Primers for long-range PCR

(5'→ 3'direction)

Size* (kb)

Primers for precise breakpoint determination

(5'→ 3'direction)

promoter_ex2del

F: TGTCGCAAATGGCATAAGGAA

R: CGGATTTGCAGGTGACAGACA

2.0

F: AAGGCTGCAGTGAAGTATGATGG

R: GAGACGGAGTCTCACTCTGTCG

exon2_6dup

F: AGTTCAAGTGTCACAGCGGC

R: GTCTTGGCACTGGAACTCGT

8.0

F: AGTTCAAGTGTCACAGCGGC

R: CAAGGTTGGCGTTTTTCATATT

exon3_12del

F: CCAGAAGATTCCAGAAATTTCCAG

R: CCTTTCTCCTTTTCCTCTCTCTCA

3.5

F: TGGCTCACTGCAAGCTCCG

R: AGGCTGGAGTCCAGTGGTACC

exon4_8dup

F: CAAGTGCCAGTGTGAGGAAGG

R: CCCTTGGAACACGTAAAGACCC

2.5

F: CACGTGACTTCAAGGGGTTAAAG

R: TTCTCTAAAATGCTTGGGACCA

exon5_10del

F: CACCTGCATCCCCCAGCTGTGGGC R:TGGCTGGGACGGCTGTCCTGCGAAC

3.0

F: TTTGTACAGACACAGGCTGGTC

R: CAGATGTCACCTGACAGGTACAG

exon9_14del

F: GGAGTGACTTCAAGGGGTTAAAG

R: AGGTGGCTCAGGCTGGGC

0.5

F: GGAGTGACTTCAAGGGGTTAAAG

R: AGGTGGCTCAGGCTGGGC

exon9_15del

F: CACGTGATCGTCCCGCCTA

R: AAATTCTTGTCAACCTACTTGTGC

0.8

F: AAATTCTTGTCAACCTACTTGTGC

R: CACGTGATCGTCCCGCCTA

exon16_18dup

F: CGTGAACATCTGCCTGGAGTC

R: TCTTCTCATTTCCTCTGCCAGC

3.0

F: TCGTGTGTGTTGGGATGGGA

R: ACCCCAGCCCCCAAACTAAA

  1. F - forward primer; R - reverse primer; * size of PCR fragment of mutated allele. The genomic sequence of the LDLR gene was obtained from http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ldlr/LOVDv.1.1.0/refseq/LDLR_codingDNA.html.