Table 1

Primers and probes for TaqMan PCR of HHV-8 ORF-26 and v-cyclin encoding regions

PrimerSequence
F, FAM; HHV-8, human herpesvirus 8; ORF, open reading frame; T, TAMRA; v-cyclin, viral cyclin.
KS1 ORF-265′-AGC CGA AAG GAT TCC ACC AT-3′
KS2 ORF-265′-TCC GTG TTG TCT ACG TCC AG-3′
TaqMan probe ORF-265′-F-CGC TAT TCT GCA GCA GCT GTT GGT GTA CCA-T-3′
v-Cyclin 15′-ACC AGT TCA CTT TGC TAT GCC-3′
v-Cyclin 25′-GCT TTT GTA ATC AGG GTG TTG AC-3′
TaqMan probe v-cyclin5′-F- CAG ACT CCT TTT CCC GCC AAG AAC TTA TAG-T-3′
β-Actin forward primer5′-TCA CCC ACA CTG TGC CCA TCT ACG A-3′
β-Actin reverse primer5′-CAG CGG AAC CGC TCA TTG CCA ATG G-3′
TaqMan probe β actin5′-F-ATG CCC TCC CCC ATG CCA TCC TGC GT-T-3′