Detection of Asymptomatic Sickle Cell Hemoglobin Carriers and Fetal Hemoglobin Regulating Genetic Variants in African Descendants from Oaxaca, Mexico
Table 2
Primers’ sequences for detection of SNVs-HbF in BCL11A through ARMS-PCR.
SNV ID
Primer
Sequence 5′ ⟶ 3′
rs1427407
FW 1
AGTTAGGACTTCCTTTTACTGTACT
RV 1A
TAACCTTCTTAGCACCCACAAACAT
RV 1B
TAACCTTCTTAGCACCCACAAACAC
rs7599488
FW 2
AACACGGAGTGATGATGCCTAGGGT
RV 2A
CAAAGAAGTTAGTCTCAGCCACCTGA
RV 2B
CAAAGAAGTTAGTCTCAGCCACCTGG
rs766432
FW 3A
TGAATGACTTTTGTTGTATGTAAAG
FW 3B
TGAATGACTTTTGTTGTATGTAAAT
RV 3
ATACTGATGAATAAGACTGAGTT
rs11886868
FW 4
GAGGTTTCTATTCGGAATAGGA
RV 4A
ATCGTCTTTTGTGTTTAATTTCTTC
RV 4B
ATCGTCTTTTGTGTTTAATTTCTTA
rs4671393
FW 5
GGTTTCTTAAGTAATGTAGGTG
RV 5A
GCTGTGGACAGCAAAGCTTCA
RV 5B
GCTGTGGACAGCAAAGCTTCC
rs7557939
FW 6A
CAGCATCACCCTCTCTCACTCTTGC
FW 6B
CAGCATCACCCTCTCTCACTCTTGT
RV 6
GTTGACCTCCCCCATTAGCAGCATG
Three primers were designed to identify the presence of each SNV: one primer with an SNV-free binding site paired with each primer to differentiate the base in the SNV. Additionally, one primer containing at the 3′ end one possible nucleotide of the SNV was evaluated, so the bold values in the primer column represent the alternative primers used to detect the SNVs, and the bold letters in the Sequence 5′ ⟶ 3′ column indicate the alternative nucleotides.