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Table 1 The VNTR loci used in the study and the observed (or predicted for the genome) amplicon sizes from the initial screen for variability

From: Not “out of Nantucket”: Babesia microti in southern New England comprises at least two major populations

Locus

Repeat length

Repeat motif

Primers (5' to 3')

Observed size (bp)

    

Genome

MA

WI

BMV1

6

AGTTCT or AGGTCA

F- CAATCTATGAGGCATGCGATTC

346

340

340

   

R- CTAAAAGGCCCGATGGTTCA

   

BMV2

6

TATAAC

F-TCCAGTGACAATGACATATTTAAGCA

400

405

392

   

R- TGTCCTCATTCTGAGCCACAGT

   

BMV4

11

TTAGCTATGGG

F- ACCACCACCAGGCCTCTATG

405

361

295

   

R- CTGGACCATGATTTGGTTGA

   

BMV5

9

GCTGTATTT

F- AGGCCCCTGTTCATCACATG

415

317

317

   

R- GGAATAGCCTCGAGTCCAGA

   

BMV8

10

ACATACAGCG

F- AGGCCAGTGGAGCAGAGAAG

262

327

295

   

R- CAAGCAATCGTCGCTGTATG

   

BMV10

3

GAT

F- TTGTTGGTGTCCGGGTTGTA

303

305

298

   

R- ATGCTATTGCCTCGCAACCT

   

BMV13

15

TCCTTACTAGCCTTA

F- ACCGCTCCCGCACTTTAGTA

351

520

443

   

R- CCTGCGGGTTCTACCACTCT

   

BMV20

6

ATACTA

F- CAGGGTTTATGCGAAGAGTGG

713

713

754

   

R- GTGCTGCAGGCTTCGATGTA

   

BMV23

5

ATATA

F- CCGCCTCTCCTATTCCCCTA

322

275

270

   

R- GAAGAACAGTTGGATGACTTCG

   
  1. MA Massachusetts, WI Wisconsin.