Table 2 List of primers, annealing temperatures, and sequence sizes.

From: Discovery of a new Theileria sp. closely related to Theileria annulata in cattle from Sri Lanka

Gene

Primer sequence (5′-3′)

Annealing T (°C)

Amplicon size (bp)

Size (bp) after primers were removed

Forward

Reverse

tams1

ATGTTGTCCAGGACCACCCTC

TTAAAGGAAGTAAAGGACTGATGAGAAG

56

843

794

tasp

ATGAAATTCTTCTACCTTTTTGTTCTATTTCC

TTAACAACAATCTTCGTTAATGCGAG

65

1020 and 1023

962 and 965

18S rRNA (short)

AGGGCTAATACATGTTCGAGGCCATTT

TCCCTCTAAGAAGCGATAACGGGACAGT

64

1185

1130

18S rRNA (long)

AAGCCATGCATGTCTAAGTATAAGCTTTT

GAATAATTCACCGGATCACTCG

56

1587

1536

cob

ATGAATTTGTTTAACTCACATTTGC

TTATGCACGAACTCTTGCAGAG

55

1092

1045

  1. Primers designed in the present study were used to amplify tams1, tasp, short fragment of 18S rRNA, and cob genes, while long fragment of 18S rRNA was amplified using previously described forward28 and reverse29 primers.