Design of an antisense reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction primer efficient for all hepatitis C virus genotypes:: Comparison of its performance vs a commercial primer
Design of an antisense reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction primer efficient for all hepatitis C virus genotypes:: Comparison of its performance vs a commercial primer
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DOI:
10.1016/s0003-2697(02)00703-0
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发表时间:
2003-04-15
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Gonz치lez, YJG
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作者:
Gonzalez-Perez, I;Vina-Rodriguez, A;Gonz치lez, YJG
Materials and methodsRNA extraction, RT-nested PCR, and detection of the amplified DNA. We employed the Umelosa HCV Cualitativo test [4](ImmunoAssay Center, Havana, Cuba), an RT-nested PCR assay for the detection of HCVRNA in human serum or plasma. The test was performed in three steps:(a) extraction of viral RNA using a variant of the phenol-chloroform method of Chomckzynsky and Sacchi [5],(b) single-tube reverse transcription of target RNA and PCR (outer primers HCV011 and HCV012 or HCV012N), coupled with a second round of amplification (inner primers HCV013 and HCV014), and (c) hybridization of the amplified DNA on a solid phase coated with a complementary probe, for final fluorescent detection on a SUMA PR-521 plate reader (ImmunoAssay Center), employing a conjugate streptavidine-phosphatase alkaline (Immuno-Assay Center) and substrate 4-methylumbelliferylphosphate (Koch Light Ltd. Haverhill, Suffolk, England). All PCR products were detected in duplicate in the hybridization step.