Research Article

Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase C677T and A1298C Mutations in Women with Recurrent Spontaneous Abortions in the Northwest of Iran

Table 1

Sequence of primers, PCR product size, restriction enzymes, and size of digested fragments that are used for screening by PCR-RFLP.

MutationSequence of primersPCR productRestriction Wild typeHeterozygoteMutant
(bp)enzyme

MTHFR F-TGAAGGAGAAGGTGTCTGCGGGA 198Hinf1198198/175/23175/23
C677TR-AGGACGGTGCGGTGAGAGTG

MTHFR F-CTTTGGGGAGCTGAAGGACTACTAC163MboII56/31/30/28/1884/56/31/30/28/1884/31/30/18
A1298CR-CACTTTGTGACCATTCCGGTTTG