SSU rDNA PCR Primers

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PCR Primers for SSU rDNA

Primer Other Names 5' end 3' end Primer Sequence Notes Reference
nu-SSU-0021-5'   0004 0021 CTGGT TGAT TCTGC CAGT   Gargas & DePriest, 1996
nu-SSU-0038-5' NS1 0020 0038 GTAGT CATAT GCTTG TCTC   White et al., 1990
nu-SSU-0072-5' NS17UCB 0054 0072 CATGT CTAAG TTTAA GCAA NGA Gargas & Taylor, 1992
nu-SSU-0305-3' CNS26 0323 0305 TCGAA AGTTG ATAGG GCAG   Gargas et al., 1995b
nu-SSU-0402-5' NS19UCB 0381 0402 CCGGA GAAGG AGCCT GAGAA AC SIP 323, NGA Gargas & Taylor, 1992
nu-SSU-0497-3' NS18UCB 0516 0497 CTCAT TCCAA TTACA AGACC NGA Gargas & Taylor, 1992
nu-SSU-0573-5' NS3 0553 0573 GCAAG TCTGG TGCCA GCAGC C SIP 516 White et al., 1990
nu-SSU-0553-3' NS2 0573 0553 GGCTG CTGGC ACCAG ACTTG C SIP 516 White et al., 1990
nu-SSU-0819-5' NS21UCB 0802 0819 GAATA ATAGA ATAGG ACG NGA Gargas & Taylor, 1992
nu-SSU-0852-3' NS20UCB 0871 0852 CGTCC CTATT AATCA TTACG NGA Gargas & Taylor, 1992
nu-SSU-1150-5' NS5 1128 1150 AACTT AAAGG AATTG ACGGA AG   White et al., 1990
nu-SSU-1131-3' NS4 1150 1131 CTTCC GTCAA TTCCT TTAAG   White et al., 1990
nu-SSU-1203-5' NS23UCB 1184 1203 GACTC AACAC GGGGA AACTC NGA Gargas & Taylor, 1992
nu-SSU-1184-3' MB2 1203 1184 GAGTT TCCCC GTGTT GAGTC   Gargas et al., 1995b
nu-SSU-1258-5' SR12R 1241 1258 GCTCT TTCTT GATTT TGT   DePriest, 1993
nu-SSU-1293-3' NS22UCB 1312 1293 AATTA AGCAG ACAAA TCACT NGA Gargas & Taylor, 1992
nu-SSU-1427-5' SR14R 1410 1427 TTTGA GGCAA TAACA GGT   DePriest, 1993
nu-SSU-1431-5'-19 NS7R 1413 1431 GAGGC AATAA CAGGT CTGT SIP 1199 White et al., 1990
nu-SSU-1436-5'-24 NS7 1413 1436 GAGGC AATAA CAGGT CTGTG ATGC SIP 1199 White et al., 1990
nu-SSU-1412-3' NS6 1436 1412 GCATC ACAGA CCTGT TATTG CCTC SIP 1199 White et al., 1990
nu-SSU-1428-3' SR15 1445 1428 CATCT AAGGG CATCA CAG SIP 1210 DePriest, 1993
nu-SSU-1465-3' SR16 1482 1465 TTGTC TCTGT CAGTG TAG   DePriest, 1993
nu-SSU-1583-5' SR18R 1566 1583 CAACG AGGAA TTCCT AGT   DePriest, 1993
nu-SSU-1580-3' SR17 1597 1580 GATGA CTCGC GCTTA CTA   DePriest, 1992
nu-SSU-1626-5' SR11R 1609 1626 ATTAC GTCCC TGCCC TTT SIP 1389 DePriest, 1992
nu-SSU-1627-3' BMB C 1641 1627 ACGGG CGGTG TGTRC   Lane, et al., 1985
nu-SSU-1766-5' ITS5 1744 1766 GGAAG TAAAA GTCGT AACAA GG   White et al., 1990
nu-SSU-1722-3'   1747 1722 TCCTC TAAAT GACCA AGTTT GWCCA A   Gargas & DePriest, 1996
nu-SSU-1776-5'   1750 1776 TAAAA GTCGT AACAA GGTTT CCGTA GG SIPs 1506, 1512 Gargas & DePriest, 1996
nu-SSU-1750-3' NS24UCB 1769 1750 AAACC TTGTT ACGAC TTTTA SIP 1506, NGA Gargas & Taylor, 1992
nu-SSU-1787-5' ITS1 1769 1787 TCCGT AGGTG AACCT GCGG SIPs 1512, 1516 White et al., 1990
nu-SSU-1769-3' NS8 1788 1769 TCCGC AGGTT CACCT ACGGA SIPs 1512, 1516 White et al., 1990
nu-SSU-1780-3' PD9rev, SR13 1797 1780 AATGA TCCTT CCGCA GGT   DePriest, 1993

Intron-specific Primers for SSU rDNA Introns

Primer 5' end 3' end Primer Sequence Notes Reference
nu-SSI(1046)-154-5'-Ccg 128 154 GGYCT CAGTT CGAGA TATAG TCGAG CC within introns at postion 1046 Gargas & DePriest, 1996
nu-SSI(1046)-164-3'-Ccg 184 164 TCAGC CCATC ACTCG CCTAG TCTGT GA within introns at postion 1046 Gargas & DePriest, 1996
nu-SSI(1516)-194-5'-Ccg 168 194 CACTT CGGTG GTTGA GATAT GATCG GC within introns at postion 1516 Gargas & DePriest, 1996
nu-SSI(1516)-146-3'-Ccg 172 146 AAGTG GCCGC TATCG TTTGA CCTGT GA within introns at postion 1516 Gargas & DePriest, 1996
Adapted from Gargas, A. & DePriest, P.T., 1996. Mycologia 88: 745-748. download PDF (1.4 Mb).

yellow background color denotes 5' primers ("forward"),
green background color denotes 3' primers ("reverse") compared to the coding sequence.
NGA= non-green alga, i.e. designed to not match Chlamydomonas sequence.
SIP= Spans Intron Position, intron position numbers are relative to location within Escherichia coli (Gargas et al., 1995b).


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