Table 1 Primers for PST-PCR. Abbreviations: Tm, melting temperature; CG% (percentage of C and G) calculated for the core sequence (3′-end palindrome and 10 degenerate positions) at primer concentration of 0.5 µM in the presence of 2 mM Mg2+; for the tail primer, calculations were made for 0.25 µM primer in absence of Mg2+; LC (%) - Linguistic Complexity calculated for 6-nt restriction sites.

From: Palindromic sequence-targeted (PST) PCR: a rapid and efficient method for high-throughput gene characterization and genome walking

ID

Sequence (5′-3′)

Restriction site

Tm (°C)

CG (%)

LC (%)

Tail primer (for second round PCR)

5600

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACC

69.1

68.1

89

PST primers (for first round PCR)

5601

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnGACGTC

AatII

49.3

56.3

100

5602

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnAACGTT

AclI

46.1

43.8

100

5603

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnTTCGAA

AsuII

45.6

43.8

100

5604

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnTGGCCA

BalI

51.0

56.3

100

5605

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnGGATCC

BamHI

48.3

56.3

100

5606

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnTGATCA

BclI

44.7

43.8

100

5326

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnAGATCT

BglII

43.7

43.8

100

5607

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnATCGAT

ClaI

44.8

43.8

89

5608

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnGAATTC

EcoRI

43.7

43.8

100

5609

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnGATATC

EcoRV

42.3

43.8

89

5610

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnAAGCTT

HindIII

45.5

43.8

100

5611

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnGTTAAC

HpaI

43.6

43.8

100

5612

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnGGTACC

KpnI

48.2

56.3

100

5613

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnCCATGG

NcoI

49.1

56.3

100

5614

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnGCTAGC

NheI

49.3

56.3

89

5615

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnCACGTG

PmaCI

50.2

56.3

100

5616

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnCTGCAG

PstI

49.7

56.3

100

5617

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnCAGCTG

PvuII

49.7

56.3

100

5618

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnGAGCTC

SacI

48.8

56.3

100

5619

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnGTCGAC

SalI

49.3

56.3

100

5620

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnAGTACT

ScaI

43.7

43.8

100

5621

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnGCATGC

SphI

50.9

56.3

89

5622

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnAGGCCT

StuI

50.1

56.3

100

5327

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnTCTAGA

XbaI

43.1

43.8

100

5623

GTTGCGGCAGGTCCTCACCnnnnnnnnnnCTCGAG

XhoI

48.6

56.3

100