Research Article
Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Toxigenic Aspergillus flavus from Groundnut Kernels in Kenya
Table 1
RT-PCR targeted genes and primer sequences with their expected amplicon size.
| Gene | Primer pair | Primer sequence (5′ ⟶ 3′) | Amplicon size (bp) |
| aflR | Forward | CCGTCAGACAGCCACTGGACACGG | 300 | Reverse | TGACCCACCTCTTCCCCCACG | |
| aflS | Forward | GAACGCTGATTGCCAATGCC | 1256 | Reverse | CGGTCAGGATGTTACTAAGC | |
| aflD | Forward | ACCGCTACGCCGGCACTCTCGGAC | 400 | Reverse | GTTGGCCGCCAGCTCTGACACTC | |
| aflP | Forward | GTGGACGGACCTAGTCCGACATCC | 624 | Reverse | GTCGGCGCCACGCACTGGGTTGGG | |
| aflQ | Forward | TTAAGGCAGCGGAATACAAG | 599 | Reverse | GACGCCCAAAGCCGAACACAAA | |
| tub1 | Forward | GCTTTCTGGCAAACCATCTC | 1198 | Reverse | GGTCGTTCATGTTGCTCTCA | |
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