Research Article

Differential Expression and Immunolocalization of Antioxidant Enzymes in Entamoeba histolytica Isolates during Metronidazole Stress

Table 1

Description of primers used for RT_PCR.

Enzyme Primer compositionTmAmplicon size

Eh peroxiredoxin (Prx)F 5′ AAA TCA ATT GTG AAG TTA TTG G 3′ 
R 5′ TCC TAC TCC TCC TTT ACT TTT A 3′
53.6°C
56.8°C
100 bp

Fe SOD
Accession number
(XM_643735.2)
F 5′ ACA ATT ACC TTA TGC TTA TAA 3′
R 5′ TCC ACA TCC ACA CAT ACA AT 3′
52°C
54°C
240 bp

Entamoeba histolytica
18S ribosomal RNA gene
F 5′ TCA GCC TTG TGA CCA TAC TC 3′
R 5′ AAG ACG ATC AGA TAC CGT CG 3′
61.7°C
68.9°C
200 bp