Table 1

PCR primers for the amplification of p53 exons 5 to 8

Exon amplifiedPrimer sequence
*GC clamp sequence (5′-CGC CCG CCG CGC CCC GCG CCC GTC CCG CCG CCC CCG CCC-3′) was added to the 5′ end of exons 5aGC, 5bGC, and 6GC primers; **GC clamp sequence (5′-GCG GGC GGC GCG GGG CGC GGG CAG GGC GGC GGG GGC GGG-3′) was added to the 5′ end of exons 7GC and 8GC primers.
5aGC5′-*GTG TGA CTG CTT GTA GAT-3′
5a5′-CTC TGT CTC CTT CCT CTT-3′
5bGC5′-*GTT CCA CAC CCC CGC CCG GCA-3′
5b5′-GCC CCA GCT GCT CAC CAT CG-3′
6GC5′-*GGA GAG ACG ACA GGG CTG GTT-3′
65′-AGT TGC AAA CCA GAC CTC AGG C-3′
7GC5′-**CTA CCT CGC TTA GTG CTC CCT-3′
75′-CAC CAT CCA CTA CAA CTA CA-3′
8GC5′-**CTA CCT CGC TTA GTG CTC CCT-3′
85′-ATC CTG AGT AGT GGT AAT CT-3′