title: New universal primers facilitate Pyrosequencing.
abstract: A cost-driving factor in Pyrosequencing is the need for single-stranded PCR products that are usually obtained by biotin-labeling of one primer. We designed new universal primers that allow the introduction of biotin during the specific PCR at either the forward or the reverse primer in a single reaction. When converting five human single nucleotide polymorphism assays from the standard format into the universal format, we obtained pyrograms of similar good quality. Although the universal nonhuman sequences are unlikely to form loop structures, we mostly failed to establish assays without using the proprietary software from Biotage AB. Nevertheless, our universal primer pair adds flexibility to the process of assay design due to optional strand selection and contributes to the reduction of genotyping costs.
authors.affiliation: Franz Volhard Clinic, HELIOS Kliniken-Berlin and Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Medical Faculty of the Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Atakan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Mohammad R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Toliat
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bähring
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nürnberg
mesh_terms: D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D001710:Biotin / Q000737:chemistry; D053453:Caspase 9; D020169:Caspases / Q000235:genetics; D017931:DNA Primers; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D018019:Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000235:genetics; D018080:Receptors, GABA-B / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; C101531:CRF receptor type 2; D017931:DNA Primers; D007527:Isoenzymes; D018019:Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone; D018080:Receptors, GABA-B; D001710:Biotin; C506433:CASP9 protein, human; D053453:Caspase 9; D020169:Caspases; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase; C402565:glutamate decarboxylase 1